The Veteran's death was not due to VA carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault; or an event not reasonably foreseeable.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions concluded that there was no evidence of failure to diagnose or treat the Veteran’s conditions and that he received appropriate care throughout his treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Diabetes Mellitus (Type II), Obesity-related Hypoventilation Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19131564
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- Partly granted
The Veteran's acne was granted a 10 percent rating for the period prior to March 26, 2021, and denied a compensable rating thereafter. Service connection was granted for diabetes mellitus and pancreatitis as secondary conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for Diabetes Mellitus (Type II) and left eye blindness due to potential direct service connection based on exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. The Veteran's medical conditions are not entitled to presumptive service connection, but may be related to his service.
- Denied
The Veteran's cause of death was not service-connected as his death certificate shows that the immediate cause of his death was chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and there is no evidence to support exposure to herbicide agents or other conditions related to service.
- Granted
The appeal to reopen a claim for service connection for chronic lymphocytic leukemia is granted. The Veteran's claim of direct service connection for chronic lymphocytic leukemia due to in-service TCE exposure is remanded.
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