The Board finds that the Veteran's sudden death was due to a service-connected disability, granting the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.
The deciding factor: The Board resolved all reasonable doubt in favor of the Appellant and found that the Veteran's episodes of transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) during service were related to an underlying arrhythmia which caused his sudden death 14 years later.
- Claimed conditions
- arrhythmia, asystole
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1032397
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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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