The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for cause of death and DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318, finding that there was no evidence linking any service-connected disability to his death.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided did not establish a nexus between the claimed in-service disease or injury (PTSD) and the cause of death (multiple gunshot wounds, law enforcement interaction, desire to commit suicide).
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple gunshot wounds, Desire to commit suicide
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19145630
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What this means for you
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