The Veteran's service-connected seizure disorder and memory loss substantially contributed to his cause of death, aspiration pneumonia. The Board granted the claim for service connection for cause of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by private physicians linked the Veteran’s service-connected disabilities (seizure disorder and memory loss) to his immediate and underlying causes of death (aspiration pneumonia and failure to thrive).
- Claimed conditions
- Seizure disorder, Memory loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19178470
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.
What you can do next
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