The veteran's cause of death was renal failure due to or as a consequence of gastrointestinal bleeding. The appellant claims that the veteran's conditions were caused by medications for his service-connected low back disorder, including NSAIDs and aspirin.
The deciding factor: The Board requested additional medical records and opinions regarding whether the veteran's service-connected condition contributed to death.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease, L3-4 and L4-5, lower lumbar radiculopathy on left, sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2007
- Citation
- 0735007
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional VA treatment records and for a new examination. The issues of increased rating for bilateral pes planus, compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. � 1151 for sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy, and TDIU are also being addressed.
- Denied
The Board finds that the appellant is not entitled to DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 because the veteran was not rated totally disabled from service-connected disabilities for 10 continuous years immediately preceding death nor was he totally disabled continuously after discharge for a period of service not less than 5 years immediately preceding death.
- Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy with superimposed bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow, finding that these conditions are not related to his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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