Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claims for service connection for cause of death and entitlement to DIC due to inadequate medical examination.
The deciding factor: The examiner did not adequately address pertinent evidence or apply the correct standard of proof.
- Claimed conditions
- ventricular fibrillation, cardiac arrest, anoxic brain injury, cardiogenic shock, hypertension, left bundle branch block
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25002575
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