The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death, finding no new and material evidence to support reopening the claim.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted that could establish a causal link between the veteran's service-connected disabilities and his cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- hemorrhage severe, esophageal varices, nepato carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2004
- Citation
- 0404172
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What this means for you
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