The Board has granted service connection for the cause of death due to pulmonary tuberculosis and congestive heart failure, which were not previously service-connected.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on direct evidence in the medical records provided by VA and private doctors.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary tuberculosis, congestive heart failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- April 23, 2001
- Citation
- 0111636
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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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- Granted
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