The Board has reopened the appellant's claim of service connection for hypercholesterolemia, which was listed as a significant condition contributing to the veteran's death. The Board found that new evidence had been received and decided in favor of granting service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the appellant provided sufficient new evidence to reopen her previously denied claim, including terminal treatment reports from the Oakland Naval Hospital and Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
- Claimed conditions
- hypercholesterolemia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2003
- Citation
- 0333932
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