The Board has reopened the appellant's claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to new and material evidence. The Board also found that the cause of the veteran's death was not incurred in or aggravated by military service.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence provided a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim, thus reopening the case.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart failure
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 6, 2004
- Citation
- 0411838
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