The Board determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for cause of death, resulting in a denial.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was presented to support reopening the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- PTB (pulmonary tuberculosis)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2005
- Citation
- 0526449
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death as neither pneumonia nor PTB was present in service or within a year of discharge, and neither is etiologically related to service.
- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's request to reopen her claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and providing proper notice regarding secondary service connection.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The appeal is granted as his PTSD is now considered service-connected.
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