The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that medications prescribed for his service-connected PTSD aggravated his fatal dementia and Parkinson's disease.
The deciding factor: The VHA expert opinion concluded with reasonable certainty that two of the medications used to treat the Veteran's PTSD resulted in a worsening of his symptoms of Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer dementia, contributing to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- Pneumonia, Senile dementia, Parkinson's disease
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2009
- Citation
- 0909611
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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- Granted
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- Denied
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