The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, which now includes a psychiatric disorder. The Appellant's request for accrued benefits based on claims pending at the time of the Veteran's death is also granted.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, which now includes a psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric Disorder, Left Leg and Foot Disorder (circulatory problem status post injury to the artery, left leg), Hypertension, Residuals of a Severed Left Leg Artery, Scars as Residuals of Shell Fragment Wounds of the Face and Neck, Anxiety State
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2010
- Citation
- 1020022
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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