The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and granted it, finding that new evidence supports a relationship between the Veteran's service-connected varicose veins and ulcerations and his fatal infection.
The deciding factor: The recent medical opinion from Dr. F.L., who examined the Veteran at the time of his death, indicates that the cause of death is more likely than not directly related to the injury sustained in service in 1976.
- Claimed conditions
- Hemorrhagic fasciitis, Generalized infection, Fatty liver
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 23, 2018
- Citation
- 18120293
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