The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death. The case is remanded for further consideration.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence (a letter from Dr. Bolisay) was received since the August 2002 Board decision, which relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the service connection claim for cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- cause of death, cardiorespiratory failure, cardiomyopathy, renal failure
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1014397
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What this means for you
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