The Board denied the appellant's attempt to reopen her claim seeking revocation of forfeiture of entitlement to VA benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 6103(a) because the newly submitted evidence did not address the reasons for the forfeiture in 1975.
The deciding factor: The new evidence was not material as it did not address the reason for the forfeiture, which was whether the appellant had submitted false and fraudulent statements regarding her marital status to obtain VA benefits as the unremarried spouse of the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2000
- Citation
- 0023836
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What this means for you
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