The Board has denied the claims for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, accrued benefits, and nonservice-connected death pension due to lack of legal entitlement.
The deciding factor: There was no pending claim at the time of the veteran's death that would have entitled him or her to any of these benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute Respiratory Failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0611328
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Decisions by this judge: 2,480 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that there is a need for additional VA medical opinions to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's causes of death, including pulmonary hypertension, COPD, and acute respiratory failure. The claims are being remanded for these purposes.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of death, concluding that there was no evidence linking the Veteran's death to any in-service event or condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and an addendum opinion from a pulmonologist.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's glioblastoma multiforme and atrial fibrillation, which led to his death, were not caused by or related to service or Agent Orange exposure.
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