The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding no evidence linking the veteran's respiratory failure and upper GI bleed to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a link between the veteran's service-connected disabilities and his cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory failure, upper GI bleed, alcoholic liver disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2001
- Citation
- 0125872
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, for purposes of entitlement to dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC), due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection cause of the Veteran's death due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in the August 2023 VA opinion.
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