The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death was not caused or contributed to by any service-connected disability, and thus, service connection for the cause of death is denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish a link between any service-connected condition and the Veteran's fatal cerebrovascular accident (CVA).
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA), Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2009
- Citation
- 0923294
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied a higher rating for CAD and remanded the claim of service connection for CHF due to a duty to assist error.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the evidence is in approximate balance regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorders led to his claimed congestive heart failure with automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator. The claim for secondary service connection is granted.
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