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. The denial was based on the lack of evidence linking the veteran's cancer to his military service.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not have a disability recognized by VA as being etiologically related to prior exposure to herbicide agents used in Vietnam, but the Board determined that he may still establish service connection for his condition under other provisions of law.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute respiratory failure, Sepsis, Pneumonia, Angiosarcoma of the scalp, Lung metastases, Liver metastases
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2006
- Citation
- 0619443
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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