The Board denied the appellant's request to reopen her claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding no new and material evidence since the last final September 1988 rating decision.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted that could substantiate the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- septicemia, metastatic sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2004
- Citation
- 0407326
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 832 · Granted: 18% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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The Board denied DIC and survivors' pension benefits due to the lack of evidence linking septicemia to service, and because the Appellant's income exceeded the maximum annual pension rate.
- Granted
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues for further development, including service connection claims and rating determinations. The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted.
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