The Board denied the appellant's attempt to reopen her previously denied claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.
The deciding factor: The additional evidence provided by the appellant was not considered new or material as it did not provide any significant information regarding a relationship between the veteran's service-connected disabilities and his suicide.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, Degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine, Hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2001
- Citation
- 0117706
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What this means for you
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