The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for the cause of death due to carcinoma, finding that new and material evidence supports this claim.
The deciding factor: New medical records provided additional details about the veteran's cancer diagnoses and symptoms just prior to his death, which were not considered in the previous denial.
- Claimed conditions
- Carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2001
- Citation
- 0104307
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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