The Board denied both the appellant's application to reopen her claim of entitlement to service connection for the cause of the veteran's death and basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. Chapter 35.
The deciding factor: The additional documentation submitted since the July 1978 RO decision was either cumulative or redundant, and did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- natural causes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2005
- Citation
- 0507009
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Related decisions
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- Denied
The Board denied the reopening of a claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to lack of new and material evidence, as no evidence was provided showing the exact cause of death or its relation to military service.
- Denied
The Veteran died of natural causes and there is no evidence linking his death to any service-connected disability. The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
- Denied
The claim for service connection for cause of death was previously denied due to the veteran's death being attributed to natural causes. The appellant has not submitted new and material evidence to reopen this claim.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's death was due to natural causes and not related to service, thus denying the claim for service connection for the cause of his death.
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