The Veteran's cause of death was caused by a cardiac conduction defect, which the Board found to be proximately caused by VA's failure to exercise reasonable care. The appeal for service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board concluded that there was fault on the part of VA in the treatment provided (or that the additional disability is a consequence of treatment provided that was not reasonably foreseeable).
- Claimed conditions
- subdural hemorrhage, blunt force injures to the head, fall, cardiac conduction defect
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2022
- Citation
- 22015181
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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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