The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, including for purposes of enhanced burial benefits. However, the appellant was denied non-service connected death pension benefits.
The deciding factor: The evidence raised a reasonable doubt that presumptively service-connected hypertensive vascular disease and left ventricular hypertrophy caused or substantially contributed to the cause of the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive vascular disease, left ventricular hypertrophy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2009
- Citation
- 0911265
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypertensive vascular disease due to a lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, for purposes of entitlement to dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC), due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for valvular heart disease and left ventricular hypertrophy, finding that these conditions are caused by the Veteran's service-connected hypertension.
- Partly granted
The appeal for service connection for hypertensive vascular disease was dismissed, while service connection for reactive airway disease (claimed as restrictive lung disease) was granted. The appeals for sleep apnea, left knee disability, and right knee disability were remanded.
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