The Board has reopened the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death due to new and material evidence. The Board also ordered that a VA physician review the medical records to determine if the veteran's anxiety disorder, trichophytosis, residuals of malaria, or abdominal scars contributed substantially or materially to his death.
The deciding factor: The VA physician was requested to provide an opinion on whether service-connected disability contributed substantially or materially to the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive and arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2004
- Citation
- 0416758
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