The Board has determined that the Veteran's death was not caused by or substantially related to his military service or any of his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: No nexus between the Veteran's military service and death, nor a contributory cause due to service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- fractured left femur with internal derangement of the left knee, degenerative disc disease associated with fractured left femur, neuropathy of the left and right lower extremities, left elbow fracture, multiple healed abrasions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2017
- Citation
- 1719672
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
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