The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and finds that new and material evidence has been received. The appellant contends that diabetes mellitus, ischemic heart disease, and a massive stroke due to or as a consequence of a ruptured arteriovenous malformation were caused by Agent Orange exposure in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The submitted medical treatise raises the possibility that the Veteran had diabetes mellitus at the time of his death, which may have contributed to his cause of death from a massive stroke and a ruptured arteriovenous malformation.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, ischemic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2014
- Citation
- 1446099
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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