The Board has determined that the service-connected obstructive lung disease contributed substantially or materially to the Veteran's death, and thus grants entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran’s death.
The deciding factor: The private physician provided a thorough opinion linking the service-connected obstructive lung disease to the Veteran's death, outweighing the VA examiner's negative conclusion.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive lung disease, atriial fibrillations, hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, dyslipidemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 16, 2018
- Citation
- 18142147
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