The Veteran's death was caused by a myocardial infarction resulting from VA medical treatment, and the Board finds that this carelessness or negligence on part of VA is not reasonably foreseeable.
The deciding factor: VA failed to timely notify the Veteran about critical findings in his CT thoracic scan results, which could have prevented his myocardial infarction.
- Claimed conditions
- Myocardial Infarction, Cardiogenic Shock
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19102197
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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