The VA failed to provide timely treatment for the veteran's stroke, resulting in additional disability. The Board finds that compensation is warranted under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.
The deciding factor: The VA's failure to promptly treat the veteran's symptoms of a stroke contributed to additional permanent disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebral Vascular Accident
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2001
- Citation
- 0124034
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to insufficient attempts by the RO to obtain authorization from the Veteran for medical records related to his participation in a drug study.
- Denied
The Veteran's cause of death was not service-connected as the Board found no evidence that his heart disease or cerebral vascular accident had its onset during service, within one year of discharge, or was otherwise related to service. The psychiatric disorder claim is remanded for further development.
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