The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected pulmonary tuberculosis did not cause or contribute to his death from bronchopneumonia and other significant conditions.
The deciding factor: Expert medical opinions concluded that the Veteran's pneumonia was likely due to uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, not related to his inactive pulmonary tuberculosis in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), tonsillitis, chronic, operated, osteomyelitis, right parietal bone, inactive
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1031250
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