The Veteran's cause of death was multi-system organ failure, sepsis, myocardial infarction, end-stage renal disease, with significant contributing conditions of diabetes and congestive heart failure. The Board found that the Veteran did not have service-connected disabilities during his lifetime, nor were his death-causing conditions related to service or otherwise due to VA carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish herbicide exposure and the Board found that the Veteran's death was unrelated to service.
- Claimed conditions
- multi-system organ failure, sepsis, myocardial infarction, end-stage renal disease, diabetes, congestive heart failure
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2015
- Citation
- 1524169
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