The magic words
In 2004 husband was a deemed 100% SC disabled vet. He died in October 2011 (only 8 yrs SC). However, I was able to get letters from 2 doctors at the VA (one of them Chief of Staff) stating that his...
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if a doc said as likely as not. Id say its a go. Not to mention if he is C of Staff of a VAMC.
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But what does the death certificate say, that is the key. The death must be due to anSC condition or secondary. The docs don't necessarily know the VBA rules
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The death certificate states the cause of death and the doc says that the SC is as likely as not the reason for the cause of death. This is not an Agent Orange claim.
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It is a crap shoot at best. The second opinion is offered post-mortem and without the biggest piece of evidence, the body. She is contradicting the attending physician or pathologist that signed the...
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skeeta64 wrote:The death certificate states the cause of death and the doc says that the SC is as likely as not the reason for the cause of death. This is not an Agent Orange claim.Yes, but what was...
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I think she meant to say the D.C. states a Service connected issue. Hopes she stops back in.
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The Chief of Staff was his doctor. The DC states the cause of death but nothing about SC. The VSO that helped me file the claim was optimistic. I was just looking for other opinions on here. Not...
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What were his service connected disabilities at the time of his death?
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your looking at just our opinions...you will just have to wait and see what the VA says. if you disagree you file an appeal. no one here can answer your question. sorry about your loss.
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