The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to cardiovascular diseases presumed to be incurred in service. The appeal for accrued benefits is denied as the appellant did not file a claim within one year of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on presumptive service connection for POWs, and the appellant did not meet the legal criteria for accrued benefits due to lack of timely filing.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiac arrest, ventricular tachycardia, chronic hypertensive cardiovascular disease, respiratory failure type I, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0607190
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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