The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected bullous lung disease with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease materially contributed to his cause of death due to blunt force injuries. As a result, the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death is granted.
The deciding factor: Service-connected bullous lung disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease substantially or materially contributed to the Veteran's death from blunt force injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- bullous lung disease, status post spontaneous pneumothorax with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 1, 2016
- Citation
- 1634395
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