The Veteran's death was not caused by VA carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment or similar instance of fault on the part of VA in furnishing the hospital care and medical treatment resulting in death.
The deciding factor: The proximate cause of the Veteran's death was his underlying conditions (sepsis, end stage renal disease, chronic renal failure, malnutrition) rather than any fault on the part of VA.
- Claimed conditions
- Sepsis, Left Chest Abscess, End Stage Renal Disease, Chronic Renal Failure, Malnutrition, Anoxic Brain Injury
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2013
- Citation
- 1334863
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