Granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his service-connected bilateral foot and lower extremity disabilities contributed to his death by causing a fall that resulted in a femur fracture.
The deciding factor: The Board concluded that the positive and negative evidence was approximately balanced, necessitating resolution of this claim in the Veteran's favor.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity neuropathy, bilateral foot fractures with osteopenia and degenerative joint disease, advanced dementia, hypertensive cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, anemia, history of epidermal and prostatic malignancies
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25007367
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