The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for the cause of his death and for chronic anemia as secondary to his service-connected pulmonary tuberculosis. The claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 was also denied due to lack of evidence showing additional disability resulting from VA treatment.
The deciding factor: The Board found that neither the cause of death nor the claimed chronic anemia were related to service or service-connected conditions, and there was no evidence supporting a claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 due to VA treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary tuberculosis, chronic anemia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2004
- Citation
- 0407302
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- Granted
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