The Board denied the appellant's request to reopen her claim for recognition as the surviving spouse of the veteran, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the submitted evidence was not related to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim and did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0639916
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What this means for you
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