The Veteran's death was caused by his own willful misconduct involving the intentional use of prescription drugs, which is not considered service-connected.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died from a combination of prescription medications he used without prescriptions and in excess, indicating willful misconduct rather than service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple drug intoxication
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 18, 2014
- Citation
- 1436947
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