The Board finds that the Veteran's death was not caused by VA medical care, and therefore compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 is denied.
The deciding factor: VA medical treatment provided to the Veteran did not result in any increased or additional disability or death due to carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on VA's part.
- Claimed conditions
- Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Congestive heart failure with pleural effusion, Severe rheumatoid arthritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2013
- Citation
- 1322598
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