The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the veteran died from conditions not related to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Sepsis, Multisystem Organ Failure, Lower Gastrointestinal Bleed, Abdominal Aortic Anomaly with Rupture, Hemicolectomy with Anastomotic Bleed
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2003
- Citation
- 0306732
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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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