The Board has determined that the appellant's claims for service connection for the cause of her husband's death, compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for multiple myeloma as a result of VA treatment for schizophrenia, and service connection for the cause of her husband's death pursuant to 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 on the basis of clear and unmistakable errors in rating decision are all denied.

The deciding factor: The evidence received since the November 1981 RO rating decision is not new and material, and thus does not warrant reopening the claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death. The appellant did not meet the criteria for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for multiple myeloma as a result of VA treatment for schizophrenia. The appeal based on clear and unmistakable errors in rating decision is also denied.

Claimed conditions

multiple myeloma, schizophrenia

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

February 6, 2003

Citation

0302329

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