The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death, an intracranial bleed due to malignant hypertension, may be related to his active duty service. However, further medical opinion is needed to determine if this relationship exists.
The deciding factor: Further medical evidence is required to establish a connection between the Veteran’s service and his cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- malignant hypertension, intracranial bleed
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19165281
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