The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that neither a principal nor contributory cause was related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA contract physician concluded that sepsis as an antecedent to death is less likely as not (less than 50/50 probability) caused by or a result of the Veteran's kidney problem noted in service, due to lack of evidence supporting its presence during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardio-respiratory arrest, Kidney problem (not specified)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1035883
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