Grover Cleveland actually said...

"It appears from the record furnished to me that they were rejected on the ground that the evidence is insufficient to connect the death cause or disability with the soldier's military service."

"The cause of rejection is stated to be 'that the death cause (sunstroke) was not the result of the soldier's military service.'"

"Whatever disability he had at the date of discharge he had when he enlisted."

"There does not, however, seem to be a particle of evidence establishing that cause of death."