The Board denied the veteran's claim for dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151, finding that there was no failure of VA medical personnel to order appropriate diagnostic tests or properly treat his renal cancer. The death certificate indicated that the immediate cause of the veteran's death was from renal cancer with metastases.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the proximate cause of the veteran's death was not reasonably foreseeable and did not result from VA negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar fault in furnishing hospital care, medical/surgical treatment, or examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbosacral disc/degenerative disease, Renal carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 28, 2003
- Citation
- 0318051
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What this means for you
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