The Board denied the appellant's claim for an effective date prior to December 16, 1994, for the grant of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted by the appellant after the Court's final decision did not constitute new and material evidence as defined in VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardiopulmonary arrest, Respiratory insufficiency, Pulmonary fibrosis - idiopathic
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 5, 2002
- Citation
- 0209088
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What this means for you
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