The Board granted service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that the veteran's service-connected tubercular pleurisy was a contributory factor in his death.
The deciding factor: The weight of competent medical evidence demonstrated that the veteran's service-connected tubercular pleurisy contributed to his death by exacerbating any pulmonary involvement with metastatic malignancy and hastening his time of death.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiopulmonary arrest, malignant melanoma metastasis to lung and liver, deep vein thrombosis phlebitis, chronic, tubercular pleurisy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2008
- Citation
- 0816485
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of the Veteran's death to his military service is remanded. The Board needs more medical records from Archbold Medical Center.
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