Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that his service-connected pulmonary tuberculosis was at least as likely as not a contributory cause of his death.
The deciding factor: The October 2025 private opinion provided evidence that remote, inactive pulmonary tuberculosis can contribute to adverse outcomes from COVID-19 pneumonia, which was the Veteran's principal cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107468
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