The Board denied the reopening of the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to lack of new and material evidence, despite previous denials. The appellant provided additional statements but they were found not to be new or material.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was received to reopen the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2002
- Citation
- 0206603
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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