The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to his service-connected peripheral vascular disease, which was found to have contributed substantially or materially to his death.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence established that the veteran's service-connected peripheral vascular disease was intimately related to his coronary artery disease and contributed substantially or materially to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral vascular disease of the bilateral upper and bilateral lower extremities, arthritis of the left hip, arthritis of the right hip, arthritis of the right shoulder, arthritis of the left shoulder, residuals of a left knee injury, arthritis of the cervical spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0831323
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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.
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