The Board has determined that the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death is well grounded. The veteran died from coronary artery occlusive disease due to post-gastrectomy syndrome, which was related to his service-connected gastrectomy with dumping syndrome.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence established a causal relationship between the veteran's service-connected condition and the factors that led to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery occlusive disease, gastrectomy with dumping syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2000
- Citation
- 0024319
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