The Veteran's service-connected disabilities contributed to his death from intracerebral hemorrhage due to uncontrolled hypertension.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions did not contribute substantially or materially to his death, but the positive evidence places the balance of probabilities in favor of a link between his service-connected conditions and his death.
- Claimed conditions
- bowel impairment residual from spinal cord injury, right leg radiculopathy residuals from spinal cord injury, bladder impairment residual from spinal cord injury and radiculopathy of cauda equina
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- April 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19125194
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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