The Board is remanding the case to re-adjudicate the claim of reopening a claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, using the standard in 38 C.F.R. § 3.156(a) as the sole test for determining whether new and material evidence has been submitted.
The deciding factor: The Board used an invalidated standard (Colvin v. Derwinski) to deny the appellant's claim to reopen, so a remand is required to use the correct standard (38 C.F.R. § 3.156(a)).
- Claimed conditions
- cause of death
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0001517
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal because the Appellant did not specify which specific decision or issue she disagreed with, specifically regarding her claim for service connection related to Camp Lejeune exposure.
- Dismissed
The Board has already granted service connection for the cause of death in a previous decision, and no new issues are pending. The current appeal is dismissed.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for the Veteran's cause of death is dismissed due to concurrent election.
- Granted
The Board has granted an earlier effective date of July 1, 2014 for dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) based on the appellant's claim received within one year following the Veteran's death.
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