The Board denied the appellant's claim for enhanced DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1311(a)(2) because there was no evidence showing that the veteran had a service-connected disability rated as 100% disabling for at least eight years immediately preceding his death.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not have any service-connected disabilities prior to his death, and therefore could not meet the criteria for enhanced DIC under § 1311(a)(2).
- Claimed conditions
- multisystem organ failure, renal failure, ileus, pneumonia, disseminated Strongyloides stercoralis infection
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2004
- Citation
- 0401893
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What this means for you
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