The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that there is no evidence to support a relationship between the Veteran's military service and his death.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions were negative regarding a diagnosis of PTSD during the Veteran's lifetime and whether any such disability was a substantial or contributing factor in the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Alcoholic cirrhosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2023
- Citation
- 23057612
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his alcohol-related causes of death were etiologically linked to a service-connected disability.
- Denied
The Veteran's cause of death was not caused or contributed to by a service-connected disability, and there is no evidence linking the causes of death (acute renal failure, alcoholic cirrhosis, hepatorenal syndrome, end stage renal disease) to his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that there was no evidence linking any diagnosed conditions to his active duty service.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his diabetes mellitus and depression with anxiety, did not cause or contribute substantially to his death from alcoholic cirrhosis.
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