The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of her husband's death due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence did not bear directly and substantially on the issue of entitlement to service connection for the veteran's cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2005
- Citation
- 0510730
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is related to his active service, and thus grants service connection for AIDS.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient information regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability and his HIV/AIDS. Additional medical opinion is needed.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for HIV and AIDS, finding that the Veteran's pre-existing HIV infection clearly and unmistakably existed prior to his active duty service.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is related to his in-service diagnosis of HTLV-III, which was present during active service.
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