The Board denied entitlement to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1318 as the Veteran did not meet the required criteria for a continuous total disability rating.

The deciding factor: The Veteran's death was not related to his service-connected disabilities, and he did not have a continuous total disability rating for at least five years from separation or during the ten-year period preceding his death.

Claimed conditions

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder with Alcohol Use Disorder, Thoracolumbar Strain, Right Foot Metatarsalgia, Tinnitus, Erectile Dysfunction associated with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder with Alcohol Use Disorder, Tension Headache

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

February 25, 2025

Citation

A25016831

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