The Board denied the claim as new and material evidence was not received to reopen a previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted since the January 2003 Board decision did not raise a reasonable probability of substantiating the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2009
- Citation
- 0907245
What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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