The Board has determined that the Veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and therefore denied the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions found no clear indication that shrapnel from service-connected wounds traveled through the Veteran's bladder causing interstitial cystitis and infection. The Board concluded that there is insufficient evidence to establish service connection for the cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- Interstitial cystitis, Resistant infection, Diabetes mellitus, Type II
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2010
- Citation
- 1007599
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
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