The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of death and her entitlement to nonservice-connected death pension benefits, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim and that she did not meet the basic eligibility criteria for nonservice-connected death pension benefits.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the service connection claim for the cause of death. Additionally, it was found that the appellant's basic eligibility criteria for nonservice-connected death pension benefits were not met due to her prior military service with the Philippine Guerrilla Forces and Regular Philippine Army.
- Claimed conditions
- PTB (Pulmonary Tuberculosis), ileo ascending resection, colostomy, ileostomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2005
- Citation
- 0502764
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