The Board denied the Appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death, finding that there was no evidence showing that his service-connected disabilities caused or contributed to his death.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran’s service-connected medical conditions did not cause or aggravate his congestive heart failure and did not contribute materially to the cause of death. The Board found that diabetes and hypertension, which were non-service connected, may have contributed to his CHF.
- Claimed conditions
- Congestive Heart Failure, Right Foot Injury with Severe Muscle Damage, Amputation of the Right 5th Toe, Left Anterior Quadriceps Loss, Scar of the Left Knee due to a Knife Wound, Laceration Scar of the Scalp, Scar of the Left Thigh, Scar of the Right Foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19111340
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