The Board denied the claims for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1318, as there was no evidence that a disability incurred in or aggravated by active service was the principal or contributory cause of death, nor that the Veteran had been continuously rated totally disabled for at least 10 years immediately preceding his death.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence did not support a causal connection between any service-connected disabilities and the Veteran's septic shock, which was the cause of death. Additionally, there was no evidence that the Veteran had been continuously rated totally disabled for at least 10 years immediately preceding his death.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25090559
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