The Board found that VA's failure to refill the Veteran's Plavix prescription did not result in additional disability that caused his death.
The deciding factor: VA's actions in prescribing and discontinuing Plavix were not shown to be negligent or cause the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic cardiomyopathy, Diabetes type 2
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2015
- Citation
- 1505928
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