The Board found that the cause of the veteran's death, a sacral ulcer with osteomyelitis due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, was not caused by or contributed to by any service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA physician concluded that the veteran's dementia, unrelated to his service-connected disabilities, resulted in him being bedridden and developing the ulcer which led to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- undifferentiated type schizophrenic reaction, left leg amputation, residuals of a shell fragment wound to muscle group XI, scars of the posterior of the right leg, osteomyelitis, amputation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2006
- Citation
- 0611890
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Decisions by this judge: 1,582 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's effective date for service connection of left leg amputation and associated scars, as well as SMC based on loss of use of the left leg, is set to January 28, 2022. The effective date for DEA eligibility is also set to January 28, 2022. An effective date prior to January 28, 2022, was denied for service connection of chronic headaches.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for left and right leg amputations, which are claimed to be secondary to service-connected cellulitis. The VA medical opinions provided prior to the decision were not in accordance with the law regarding secondary service connection.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for prostate cancer, bilateral blindness, left leg amputation, and right leg amputation were dismissed as untimely. The issues are moot due to a full grant of benefits in another appeal stream.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for left leg amputation was dismissed because the Veteran did not file a valid Notice of Disagreement (NOD) regarding an adjudication on this specific claim.
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