The Board has determined that the veteran's death was causally related to service, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the appellant.
The deciding factor: The testimony and evidence raised a substantial doubt as to whether the cause of the veteran's death is indeed service-related, leading the Board to conclude that it was.
- Claimed conditions
- Upper gastrointestinal bleeding, Cardiorespiratory arrest, Chronic liver disease, Anoxic brain injury
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2001
- Citation
- 0101519
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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