The Board has determined that the Veteran's cause of death (multiorgan failure due to MRSA, constrictive pericarditis, and intracerebral hemorrhage) is not related to active service or a service-connected disability. The preponderance of evidence does not support a finding of direct service connection for the cause of death.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish a direct causal link between the Veteran's service and his cause of death, including MRSA infection which developed during treatment at VA facilities but was successfully treated.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiorgan failure, Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus sepsis (MRSA), Constrictive pericarditis, Intracerebral hemorrhage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2021
- Citation
- 21021838
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