The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected disabilities contributed to his death from gastrointestinal bleeding, and thus grants service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions indicated that the veteran's service-connected disabilities may have caused stress ulcerations leading to gastrointestinal bleeding, which ultimately led to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, Severe anemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2007
- Citation
- 0726266
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What this means for you
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- Granted
The Veteran's unauthorized medical expenses from July 8 to July 10, 2007 at Physicians Regional Medical Center are approved as the nearest VA facility was not feasibly available due to his weakened state after significant blood loss.
- Denied
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