The veteran's cause of death, cardiac arrhythmia and arrest, was found to be due to or the consequence of his service-connected anxiety reaction.
The deciding factor: A private medical opinion indicated that the veteran's anxiety reaction contributed to his cardiac arrest, which led to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac arrest
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2003
- Citation
- 0312599
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