The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not cause or contribute substantially to his death, which was due to advanced age and cardiac arrest. The VA medical opinions found no causal link between the service-connected conditions and obesity, hypertension, or hyperlipidemia.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions found no evidence of a causal relationship between the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and obesity, hypertension, or hyperlipidemia which were risk factors for cardiac arrest.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease (DDD) with spinal stenosis, Radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremity for the sciatic and femoral nerve, Right tibia distal fracture, Lumbar spine scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2024
- Citation
- A24055854
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