The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim. The claim was based on bone cancer as the sole cause of death.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was presented to support a reopening of the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- bone cancer
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0407388
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