The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of death, finding that neither a disability of service origin nor a previously service-connected condition caused or contributed substantially to the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: Coronary artery disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were not shown to be related to service or any service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left ulnar nerve injury, traumatic arthritis of the left elbow, right femoral neuropathy, hematoma of the right groin with right lower extremity pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2011
- Citation
- 1129657
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's right femoral neuropathy is granted as service connected. The claim for any other right lower extremity disability, to include right knee arthritis, is denied.
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