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 presented.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was presented to substantiate the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- head injuries
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2007
- Citation
- 0713714
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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