The Veteran's cause of death, acute pulmonary edema and idiopathic left ventricular hypertrophy, is not service-connected as there is no evidence to show in-service onset or chronic a heart condition within one year of separation.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing the Veteran’s fatal disabilities had onset in service or are otherwise related to a specific in-service injury or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute pulmonary edema, Idiopathic left ventricular hypertrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19105978
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