The appeal to reopen the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death was denied as new and material evidence had not been received.
The deciding factor: There was no reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim given that the private clinical records did not link leukemia to service, and the condition is not presumed to have resulted from exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2008
- Citation
- 0816505
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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