The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and therefore, the claim for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 is rendered moot.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the cause of the Veteran's death was related to his service-connected conditions and exposure to herbicide agents, which resulted in a grant of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- heart failure, pulmonary edema, liver cancer, metastatic colorectal cancer, deep vein thrombosis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2022
- Citation
- A22025933
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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.
What you can do next
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