The Board denied the appellant's request to reopen her claim for nonservice-connected disability pension benefits, finding that new and material evidence had not been received.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was provided to support the claim of entitlement to nonservice-connected disability pension benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- nonservice-connected disability pension
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2005
- Citation
- 0530438
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered further development of the claim, including obtaining SSA records and rating all nonservice-connected conditions. The case will be returned to the RO for these actions.
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