The Board found that the veteran's service-connected eye disability caused anxiety, which in turn led to hypertension and cardiovascular disease resulting in his death. The Board concluded that the service-connected eye disorder contributed substantially and materially to cause the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The service-connected eye disability caused anxiety, which aggravated cardiovascular disease leading to the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Dissecting aortic aneurysms, Renal failure, Circulatory failure to legs, Cardiorespiratory failure
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2001
- Citation
- 0118605
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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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- Denied
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