The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death, finding that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the previously denied claim.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted did not establish a direct link between the residuals of frozen feet and the veteran's cause of death (intracerebral hemorrhage due to arteriovenous malformation).
- Claimed conditions
- Arteriovenous malformation, Residuals of frozen feet
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2004
- Citation
- 0401308
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 999 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the criteria for SMC at a higher rate or intermediate level of care as required by law.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain clarification of the appellant's contentions regarding the cause of the Veteran's death and to provide an opinion on whether service connection for the cause of death should be granted.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for intervertebral disc syndrome of the lumbar spine, a right hand and thumb injury, residuals of frozen feet, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a sleep disorder, a disability manifested by concentration problems, bilateral trench foot, and a prostate disability.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder, but denied service connection for residuals of ruptured eardrums, residuals of frozen feet, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus.
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