The Board found that the moving party had not submitted new and material evidence in support of his application to reopen, and thus denied the motion for CUE.
The deciding factor: The moving party's arguments were essentially the same as those presented by the Board in August 1970, and the affidavits submitted since then did not create a reasonable possibility of changing the result of the previous decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2000
- Citation
- 0019053
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What this means for you
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