The Board denied the moving party's application to reopen a claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, finding that new and material evidence had not been received. The decision is considered not to contain clear and unmistakable error.
The deciding factor: The March 2007 Board decision did not consider prior qualifying service as it was redundant of previously considered evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Cause of Death
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2008
- Citation
- 0840012
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