The Veteran's death was found to be due to hypoxic brain injury resulting from VA medical treatment, and the claim for DIC benefits is granted.
The deciding factor: Hypoxic brain injury caused by VA medical treatment resulted in the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- hypoxic brain injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2012
- Citation
- 1210331
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration of the Veteran's claims, including obtaining additional medical records and a retrospective medical opinion regarding her service-connected residuals of a hypoxic brain injury.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient information regarding the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during service in Korea. The VA is required to seek confirmation from the JSRRC for verification of the Veteran’s exposure to herbicide agents, including proximity to the DMZ, for the entire period from October 1970 to August 1971.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and denied DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 due to a lack of evidence linking the veteran's death to his military service or any service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's fatal cardiac arrest and hypoxic brain injury were not caused by or related to his service-connected conditions, and thus denied the claim for service connection for the cause of death.
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