Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding no evidence that his respiratory failure was related to service or any service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence associating the Veteran's respiratory failure to active service or that bilateral hearing loss caused or contributed substantially or materially to the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory failure, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25008410
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