The Board denied reopening the claim of service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted that could establish a link between the cause of the veteran's death (tuberculosis meningitis) and his active service or any applicable presumptive period following service.
- Claimed conditions
- tuberculosis meningitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2007
- Citation
- 0711928
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Related decisions
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- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for renal tuberculosis, miliary tuberculosis, and tuberculosis meningitis in May 1983. The Veteran submitted new evidence since then that relates to an unestablished fact (his symptoms during and after service) but does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's death was not due to service-connected conditions and denied his claims for service connection, non-service-connected pension benefits, and accrued benefits.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's military service and/or his service-connected disabilities did not cause or contribute to his death. The immediate cause of his death was cardiorespiratory arrest, which is linked to diagnosed heart disease but not directly related to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and providing proper notice regarding secondary service connection.
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