Denied
The Veteran's cause of death was not service-connected, and the Board found no evidence linking any service-connected conditions to his death.
The deciding factor: There is no direct or presumptive service connection for the causes of death (exsanguinating hemorrhage, abdominal pain, hypertension, atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease).
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"exsanguinating hemorrhage","condition_code":null,"condition_description":"probable aortic abdominal aneurysm"}, {"condition_name":"abdominal pain","condition_code":null,"condition_description":""}, {"condition_name":"hypertension","condition_code":null,"condition_description":""}, {"condition_name":"atherosclerotic coronary vascular disease","condition_code":null,"condition_description":""}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19104788
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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