The Board has determined that the evidence received since April 1993 is not new and material, thus denying the appellant's request to reopen her claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The newly submitted autopsy report does not provide any new or significant information regarding the cause of the veteran's death that would support reopening the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound of the skull, pulmonary edema, arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2005
- Citation
- 0510973
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