The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not cause or contribute substantially to his death. The VA medical opinions provided detailed reasoning and considered all relevant evidence, including the Veteran's nonservice-connected hypertension and diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The service-connected conditions did not cause or contribute substantially to the Veteran's death due to coronary artery disease resulting from multiple risk factors such as smoking, obesity, and diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg thrombophlebitis, right pleural adhesions with pulmonary emboli, anxiety and depressive reaction, hepatosplenomegaly
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2012
- Citation
- 1201436
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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