The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, but denied an earlier effective date due to lack of a perfected appeal.
The deciding factor: The appellant did not perfect her appeal at the time and the May 1990 rating decision became final. The new evidence submitted after July 1997 was considered for reopening the claim, but not for changing the effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- suicide
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2002
- Citation
- 0217492
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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