The Board denied the appellant's claim for basic eligibility for nonservice-connected disability pension benefits as new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim.
The deciding factor: The additional evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim, nor would it raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of entitlement to basic eligibility for nonservice-connected disability pension benefits.
- 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 21, 2008
- Citation
- 0816683
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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