The Board denied the claims for service connection for cause of death, dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318, and dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 due to lack of evidence showing a causal link between the veteran's service-connected conditions and her death.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no medical evidence linking the cause of the veteran's death (hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease) to any of her service-connected conditions, including her right knee arthroplasty or lower back injury. The VA treatment provided did not result in negligence or fault on the part of VA.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease"}, {"condition_name":"Residuals of right knee arthroplasty"}, {"condition_name":"Residuals of lower back injury"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0617305
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What this means for you
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