The Board denied the appellant's request to reopen her DIC claim under 38 U.S.C. § 1318, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted and concluding that there was no legal basis for granting the benefit.
The deciding factor: The evidence received did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim of entitlement to DIC under 38 U.S.C. § 1318, as it pertained to hypothetical entitlement which is not authorized by law.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0618832
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