The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected seizure disorder contributed substantially to his death due to hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, resolving all doubts in favor of the appellant.
The deciding factor: A private physician and an emergency room doctor concluded that the service-connected seizure disorder materially and substantially contributed to the Veteran's death by causing increased metabolic rate which led to a fatal heart attack.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, Nontraumatic seizure disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2011
- Citation
- 1144584
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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