The Board found that new and material evidence was not received to reopen the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted since the last final decision did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim, as it failed to show that the Veteran's cause of death (bacterial peritonitis and cirrhosis) was related to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bacterial peritonitis, Cirrhosis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0908371
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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