The Board denied the Appellant's claim for service connection for cause of death due to a ruptured intra-abdominal viscus and prostatic cancer, finding that the evidence did not show these disabilities were caused by service. The new evidence submitted since the last final denial is considered cumulative.
The deciding factor: New evidence does not relate to unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the claim of service connection for cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- intra-abdominal sepsis, ruptured intra-abdominal viscus, prostatic cancer
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2018
- Citation
- 18135516
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the claims of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 and entitlement to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 are inextricably intertwined with the issue of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death based on the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151, which requires further development.
- Denied
The Board found that the cause of death was not related to service and denied both the claim for service connection for the cause of death and the request for nonservice-connected pension benefits due to lack of qualifying service.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's death was not caused by or a result of his service-connected conditions, nor did any service-connected disability contribute substantially or materially to his death. The medical evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's hypertension and his cardiopulmonary arrest.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected prostatic cancer contributed substantially or materially to his death from malignant glioblastoma, and thus grants service connection for cause of death.
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