The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability reasonably contributed to his death from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The appeal for DIC under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 is dismissed as no justiciable case or controversy remains.
The deciding factor: Service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death was granted based on his service-connected psychiatric disability contributing to his atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, which was his immediate cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, nervous condition (presumptively service-connected due to secondary to hearing loss), bilateral hearing loss (service-connected)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2010
- Citation
- 1020190
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