The Veteran's death was caused by multiple internal injuries, including fractures of ribs and lacerations of the liver. The cause is not service-connected as there were no pre-existing conditions or exposure to herbicide agents that contributed to his death.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not have any chronic lung or respiratory disease, nor did he have a history of coughing up blood prior to his fatal car accident.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple internal injuries, Fractures of ribs, Lacerations of the left lobe of liver, Intraperitoneal hemorrhage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19122214
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Decisions by this judge: 2,776 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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