The Board found that the claim was not well-grounded and denied the veteran's entitlement to dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for the cause of his death on the basis of HIV as a result of VA treatment.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish any relationship between the veteran's death and the treatment he received from the VA in regard to his HIV, including no medical evidence linking the HIV to VA treatment or suggesting it was a causal factor in his death.
- Claimed conditions
- HIV
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2000
- Citation
- 0006435
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- Remanded (sent back)
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