The Board found no new and material evidence to reopen the claim for service connection for the cause of death. The appellant's argument regarding exposure to ionizing radiation is not addressed as it was not part of the original claim.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence has been submitted since the July 2003 decision that would support reopening the claim for service connection for the cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- Cor pulmonale, Hypostatic pneumonia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0913468
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- Denied
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