The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, particularly his right leg thrombophlebitis and pleural adhesions with pulmonary emboli, contributed substantially or materially to his death from cardiogenic shock. The Board resolves reasonable doubt in favor of the appellant.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence is in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities caused or contributed to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg thrombophlebitis, right pleural adhesions with pulmonary emboli, anxiety and depressive reaction, hepatosplenomegaly
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2018
- Citation
- 1815996
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