The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of death, finding that there is no evidence linking any service-connected disability to the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by VA and private providers did not find a causal link between the Veteran’s service-connected neck scars and his death due to anoxic encephalopathy from cardiopulmonary arrest.
- Claimed conditions
- Anoxic encephalopathy, Cardiopulmonary arrest
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20002589
What this means for you
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