The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for the cause of death and did not find new and material evidence to reopen the claim for VA nonservice-connected death benefits.
The deciding factor: The veteran had no qualifying service, and thus was not eligible for VA death benefits. The additional evidence provided by the appellant does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim of legal entitlement to VA nonservice-connected death benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary Embolism, Liver Abscess
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2008
- Citation
- 0804087
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