The Board denied reopening the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to lack of new and material evidence. The DIC claim was also denied as the veteran was not receiving VA compensation rated as totally disabling at the time of his death.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, and the veteran was not receiving VA compensation rated as totally disabling at the time of his death.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary tuberculosis, Residuals of varicose veins, saphenous ligation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0639661
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- Denied
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- Denied
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