The Veteran's hypertension, heart disease, and residuals of a CVA are service connected. The cause of the Veteran's death is also service connected.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for hypertension, which was proximately due to his service-connected heart disease. Service connection was also established for residuals of a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) as secondary to his service-connected heart disease. The cause of the Veteran's death was principally caused by his service-connected hypertensive heart disease.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative appendectomy with ventral hernia, left ear hearing loss, right ear hearing loss, diabetes mellitus, type II, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, foot sores, headaches, infertility, hair loss, hypertension, heart disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2014
- Citation
- 1426667
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including VA examinations.
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