The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his death was not attributable to service.

The deciding factor: The primary cause of death was massive head and brain trauma due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound, with no evidence linking it to any service-connected conditions.

Claimed conditions

coronary artery bypass graft, residual shell fragment wound of the left shoulder with injury to muscle group III, type II diabetes mellitus, callous right foot, left cheek scar residuals of a shell fragment wound, right buttock scar residuals of a shell fragment wound, residuals of boils

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

January 28, 2025

Citation

A25007730

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