The Board denied the claim for service connection for cause of death, finding that there is no evidence linking the Veteran's cause of death to his military service or any service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence showing a causal link between the Veteran’s service and his cause of death (pulmonary thromboembolism and deep vein thrombosis).
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary thromboembolism, deep vein thrombosis of lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19178753
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient consideration of a VA medical opinion regarding the cause of death.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's pulmonary thromboembolism was not caused by carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill or error in judgment on the part of VA health care providers and was a reasonably foreseeable event.
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