The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death, a small bowel obstruction, was related to his service-connected residuals of a wound to the abdomen. The claim for service connection for the cause of death is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA physician provided opinions supporting the conclusion that the Veteran's small bowel obstruction was caused by his service-connected abdominal injury and not from other conditions or causes.
- Claimed conditions
- small bowel obstruction, residuals of a wound to the abdomen
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- January 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1003854
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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.
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