The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that there is no medical or lay evidence supporting that his service-connected disabilities caused or contributed to his death.
The deciding factor: There was no medical or lay evidence supporting that the Veteran’s service-connected disabilities caused or contributed to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory arrest, brain stem herniation, cerebral edema, intraventricular hemorrhage
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20005681
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,569 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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