The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the claim. The appellant submitted allegations regarding PTSD but these were not considered material as they were based on a previously adjudicated fact (Veteran was not a former POW).
The deciding factor: The medical opinion provided did not raise any reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes, cardiovascular condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1024369
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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