The Board denied the appellant's application to reopen her claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that no new and material evidence had been presented.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to support the reopening of the previously denied claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer, spinal cord injury
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 16, 2002
- Citation
- 0212151
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What this means for you
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