The Board found that the Veteran's cause of death was due to chronic renal failure caused by granulomatous arteritis, and not related to service or herbicide exposure. The VA examiner concluded that hypertension and ischemic heart disease did not contribute substantially or materially to his death.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the Veteran's hypertension and ischemic heart disease were not causally linked to his condition of granulomatous arteritis, which was the primary cause of his renal failure and subsequent death.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Renal Failure, Hypertensive Cardiovascular Disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2017
- Citation
- 1755564
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