The Board denied the reopening of the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: The additional evidence provided does not establish a causal relationship between the veteran's service-connected conditions and his death, nor does it provide any significant information that was previously missing in July 1986 decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebrovascular accident, Arteriosclerotic heart disease, Compensated congestive failure, Peripheral vascular disease, Adult onset diabetes, Organic brain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2000
- Citation
- 0007314
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What this means for you
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