The Board has granted service connection for Alzheimer’s dementia and the cause of the Veteran's death. The Veteran's Alzheimer’s dementia is considered to be a direct result of his service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, which permanently aggravated his Alzheimer’s disease. The Veteran's death was caused by a fall resulting from his Alzheimer’s dementia.
The deciding factor: Multiple medical opinions have been obtained regarding whether the Veteran’s service-connected adjustment disorder permanently aggravated his Alzheimer’s dementia. There is an equipoise of evidence supporting that the Veteran’s Alzheimer’s dementia was permanently aggravated by his service-connected adjustment disorder, and also supported that it caused or contributed substantially to cause the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Alzheimer’s dementia, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 17, 2018
- Citation
- 18119016
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