The Veteran's death was not caused by his service-connected disability, pulmonary tuberculosis, inactive, with restrictive ventilatory defect and residual lung fibrosis. The Board finds that the negative evidence outweighs the positive and concludes that the Veteran's death is not related to his service connection.
The deciding factor: A VA medical opinion concluded that the Veteran's death was caused by aspiration pneumonia due to forcible removal of a nasogastric tube, which was unrelated to his service-connected pulmonary tuberculosis.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary tuberculosis, inactive, with restrictive ventilatory defect and residual lung fibrosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1026716
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