The Veteran's death was not related to service-connected disabilities, so the appellant is denied higher rates of burial and pension benefits. The appellant has been paid all that she is entitled to for these benefits.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died from non-service-connected causes (brain death, intracranial hemorrhage, cardiac arrest) and was not disabled by service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertrophic tonsils, dermatophytosis of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2014
- Citation
- 1431889
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