The Board denied the appellant's request to reopen her claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to lack of new and material evidence, despite the veteran having been a prisoner of war.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted that could establish a direct or secondary relationship between the veteran's conditions and his military service or POW status.
- Claimed conditions
- End-stage renal failure, Atherosclerotic renal vascular disease, Atherosclerotic heart disease, Stroke
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 13, 2001
- Citation
- 0110855
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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