The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound did not cause or contribute to his death from pulmonary tuberculosis.
The deciding factor: The VA physician concluded that the service-connected residual injury did not cause or aggravate the fatal PTB.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0617254
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What this means for you
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