The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the final April 1978 rating decision.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was presented to support a reopening of the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- nervous hypertension, arteriosclerosis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 12, 2002
- Citation
- 0209637
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What this means for you
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