The Veteran's cause of death was due to an acute cerebral hemorrhage, not related to service or asbestos exposure. The Board found the claim for service connection for the cause of death denied.
The deciding factor: The examiner opined that the Veteran's death was caused by an acute cerebral hemorrhage most likely hypertensive in etiology, which is not caused by, aggravated by, or related to any service-connected condition or asbestos exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Brain Death, Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2016
- Citation
- 1632485
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