The Board has determined that the cause of the veteran's death was incurred in active service, specifically due to hypertension and congestive heart failure.
The deciding factor: Service connection for cause of death is granted based on the balance of positive and negative evidence regarding the relationship between the veteran's service-connected conditions and his death.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, cardiomegaly with elevated blood pressure readings or hypertensive heart disease, degenerative disc disease, polyarthritis of multiple joints, fracture of the right ankle, epigastric hernia, nonservice-connected conditions such as defective visual acuity, obesity, peripheral neuropathy, bunion and hammer toe of the left foot, alcohol dependence and abuse, vitamin B12 deficiency, subdural hematoma, dementia, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, a split urethra, recurrent urinary tract infections
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2001
- Citation
- 0110516
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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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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
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