The Board has determined that the veteran's death was caused by his pre-existing conditions, specifically malignant hypertension and hypertensive kidney disease. The failure to provide timely dialysis hastened his death.
The deciding factor: The veteran's death was due to his pre-existing condition of malignant hypertension, which resulted in uremia and congestive heart failure.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive cardiovascular renal disease, malignant hypertension, hypertensive heart disease with remote myocardial infarction, hypertensive kidney
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2001
- Citation
- 0117291
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- Granted
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