Denied
The Board found that the evidence submitted was not new and material, thus denying the claims to reopen for service connection of the cause of death and DIC under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims as it was either duplicative or not related to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate 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
- April 14, 2008
- Citation
- 0812277
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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