The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected lung condition contributed to his death from pneumonia, and thus grants service connection for the cause of death.
The deciding factor: The service-connected lung condition made it more difficult for the veteran to overcome the effects of non-service-connected pneumonia, accelerating his death.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of gunshot wound of the right chest with chronic fibrous pleurisy, Parkinson's disease, dementia, recent pneumonia
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- September 24, 2002
- Citation
- 0212847
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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.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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