The Board found that VA's failure to provide the veteran with prednisone on his discharge from the hospital contributed to his death, and awarded DIC benefits under direct service connection.
The deciding factor: VA's negligence in not providing prescribed prednisone on the veteran's discharge was a contributing factor to his death due to septicemia caused by diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- Adrenal insufficiency, Diabetes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 9, 2001
- Citation
- 0126203
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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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