The Veteran's cause of death is now considered service-connected due to a secondary relationship with his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted for the Veteran's cause of death as a result of a secondary relationship to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic kidney disease, Acute respiratory failure
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 13, 2024
- Citation
- A24073955
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,863 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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