The Veteran's daughter is not entitled to an apportionment of the Veteran's VA benefits because he does not receive any current monthly compensation payments.
The deciding factor: The Veteran is not receiving any current VA compensation payments, making it impossible to apportion such payments for his child.
- Claimed conditions
- Anoxic encephalopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2009
- Citation
- 0914841
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's death was caused by anoxic encephalopathy and secondary causes, including aspiration pneumonia, cerebrovascular accident, and ischemic cardiomyopathy. The cause of death is not related to his active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete VA treatment records and a need for an addendum medical opinion regarding the cause of death.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of death, finding that there is no evidence linking any service-connected disability to the Veteran's death.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that there was no evidence showing a service-connected disability caused or contributed to his death. The Board also found that encephalitis did not contribute to anoxic encephalopathy.
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