The Board denied the claim for service connection for cause of death, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between the Veteran's causes of death and his military service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion concluded that the Veteran's causes of death were not related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- mediastinal mass, pericardial effusion
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2021
- Citation
- 21072224
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