The Board found that the veteran's death was not caused by VA care or examination, and denied entitlement to dependency and indemnity compensation pursuant to 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 based on VA care prior to the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: Damage done to the veteran's epiglottis by having removed his tracheal ventilation tube or his feeding tube did not contribute directly to his death, and subsequent water intoxication was not traceable to tube removal.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardiopulmonary arrest, Acute myocardial infarction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0636292
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