The Board has determined that no new and material evidence has been received to reopen the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence does not relate, by itself or when considered with previous evidence of record, to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the appellant's service-connection claim for the veteran's cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- lobar pneumonia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2008
- Citation
- 0824031
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of death, finding that hypertension was not a significant contributor to the Veteran's heart disease and did not substantially contribute to his cause of death. The cause of death listed on the death certificate was lobar pneumonia, chronic respiratory failure, and severe COPD.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding the Veteran's cause of death and potential service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a medical opinion to determine whether the Veteran's fatal lobar pneumonia, chronic respiratory failure, and/or severe COPD had its onset in, or is otherwise related to his military service. The opinion should address potential environmental exposures during service and their relation to hypertension.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the cause of the Veteran's death, specifically whether his fatal conditions are related to service.
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