Granted
The Board granted compensation pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for the cause of the Veteran's death, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the appellant.
The deciding factor: The evidence was approximately evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's fatal pneumonia and/or COPD were caused or worsened by VA treatment, and the Board resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the appellant.
- Claimed conditions
- Pneumonia, Myocardial Infarction, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25012478
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