The Board denied the Appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability did not substantially or materially contribute to his death. The Appellant has provided no new and material evidence since the November 2009 decision.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the medical opinion in favor of the Appellant was speculative and thus not probative, and assigned greater weight to the opposing medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of left knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2018
- Citation
- 1808856
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