The Veteran's death was caused by VA carelessness, negligence, or similar fault in providing medical treatment at VAMCs in South Carolina. The Board found that the proximate cause of his death was due to VA's failure to properly diagnose and treat his infections.
The deciding factor: VA failed to timely diagnose and properly treat the Veteran’s klebsiella pneumoniae infection, leading to his death from respiratory failure.
- Claimed conditions
- klebsiella pneumoniae infection, laryngeal carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 1, 2020
- Citation
- 20057646
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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