The service-connected disabilities contributed substantially or materially in producing the Veteran's death. DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 are payable as if the cause of death were service connected.
The deciding factor: The service-connected kyphosis and related bowel and bladder dysfunction contributed to the Veteran's death from gangrene of the left leg, which was a contributory cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- kyphosis and scoliosis of the spine, loss of sphincter control, loss of bladder control, impotency
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 19, 2014
- Citation
- 1407078
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the claims for entitlement to compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a muscular system disorder, impotency, incontinence, a nervous system disorder, and amnesia, as well as entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
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