The Board has reopened the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death, finding new and material evidence. However, the Board did not reach a final decision on whether the veteran's service-connected disabilities contributed to his death or if there was any other basis for granting service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted by the appellant is considered new and material as it provides additional information about potential causes of her husband's death, but does not conclusively establish that service-connected conditions caused or materially contributed to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiovascular disease, arteriosclerotic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2003
- Citation
- 0329501
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