The Veteran's death was caused by chronic kidney failure, which is service-connected. The claim for DIC under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 is dismissed as moot due to the grant of service connection.
The deciding factor: Service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death was granted based on his service-connected multiple joint arthritis contributing to his fatal chronic kidney failure.
- Claimed conditions
- multiple joint arthritis, chronic kidney failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 29, 2011
- Citation
- 1131657
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