The Board has reopened the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to new and material evidence. The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including myocardial infarction with hypertensive heart disease, chronic nephritis, calcification of the aorta, and chronic bronchitis with emphysema, are found to have contributed substantially or materially to his death.
The deciding factor: The amended death certificate lists two of the Veteran's service-connected conditions as causes of death. The evidence supports that these conditions caused or contributed to the Veteran's death from acute respiratory failure.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals, myocardial infarction with hypertensive heart disease, chronic nephritis, calcification of the aorta, chronic bronchitis with emphysema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2009
- Citation
- 0933728
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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