The Board found that the veteran's cause of death (sepsis, urinary tract infection, and chronic renal insufficiency) was not due to or a result of his service-connected conditions. The VA medical opinions provided did not establish a direct link between the veteran's service-connected osteomyelitis and his causes of death.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions found no evidence that the veteran's service-connected osteomyelitis contributed to, caused, or accelerated his causes of death (sepsis, urinary tract infection, and chronic renal insufficiency).
- Claimed conditions
- sepsis, urinary tract infection, chronic renal insufficiency
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0631927
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