The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran’s death due to new and material evidence, but finds that service connection is not warranted as there is no direct link between his service-connected disabilities and his death from AML.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish a direct causal relationship between the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and his death from AML.
- Claimed conditions
- AML, Bullet Wound Residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19133229
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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