The Veteran's service-connected gunshot wound residuals contributed to his death from congestive heart failure and myocardial infarction, which the Board found substantially and materially caused his death. The decision grants DIC based on this finding.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the post-service osteomyelitis of the right thigh is at least as likely as not related to the service-connected residuals of the gunshot wound to the right thigh, contributing to septicemia which in turn contributed to his death from congestive heart failure and myocardial infarction.
- Claimed conditions
- Congestive heart failure, Myocardial infarction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19162098
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
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