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Charleese
Hi everyone,
My brother-in-law passed away last year and my sister applied for DIC. He was service connected for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma even though he was treated by them for several other conditions. He had been going to the VA for years but just got service connected in May 2004 and died in June 2004. My sister sent VA in Ohio a letter after his death to reopen his case but has not heard from them concerning it. They just recently sent her a letter in April denying her DIC stating the following:
1. We granted death pension benefits effective June 2, 2005
2. We couldn't approve your claim for accrued benefits
3. We have denied your claim for service connected death benefits, called dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC).
It goes on to state: How Did We Make Our Decision? We have enclosed a copy of your Rating Decision for your review. The reasons for our decision can be found in the section titled "Reasons for Decision" or Reasons and Bases."
My questions are the following:
1. There was no Rating Decision attached to the decision sent to her. She called VA in Cleveland, Ohio who issued her this decision and they stated that they do not have a rating decision. Can she appeal on this?
2. Therre was no Reasons for Decision or Reasons and Bases attached to the decision sent to her. Also can she appeal on this?
3. The death certificate states that immediate cause of death was Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. Is this heart failure of some type. Please let us know what this is? One of the medication that VA was giving him was Atenolol for Heart/Blood Pressure. This leaves her to believe that this was solely for the Heart because he was taking Felodipine for his Blood Pressure. Also, Death Certificate states other significant conditions contributing to death, but not resulting in the underlying cause, etc. is Hypertension, B-Cell Lymphoma, Hyperlipidemix, and Lupus. Can someone tell us how we can connect Lymphoma to his death?
I realize this is a long e-mail, but I had to put all of the above for you to understand.
Thank in advance for your reply.
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