The Veteran's death was not due to a service-connected disability, and the Board denied entitlement to service connection for the cause of his death.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the cause of the Veteran’s death to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute on (sic) chronic congestive heart failure with systolic dysfunction, Nonischemic cardiomyopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19186901
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
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