The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been presented to reopen the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death. The appellant is seeking to have her claim reopened based on newly submitted evidence, but the RO did not provide any relevant medical records from the Houston VAMC.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new and material evidence has not been presented to reopen the previously denied claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- bronchoalveolar cell lung cancer, sepsis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2000
- Citation
- 0032429
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What this means for you
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