The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to new and material evidence. The appellant presented medical opinions linking the service-connected amputation site with the veteran's infection, which contributed to his death.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence established a reasonable nexus between the service-connected amputation site and the veteran's infection that significantly contributed to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- septicemia, typhoid fever, infection of an old neuroma at the stump of an amputated right forearm
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 15, 2004
- Citation
- 0430290
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