The Board denied the appellant's claim to establish basic eligibility for legal entitlement to VA benefits, including a one-time payment from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund. The denial was based on the lack of evidence showing qualifying service as a member of the Philippine Commonwealth Army, including recognized guerrillas, in the service of the United States Armed Forces.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence did not relate to the basis for the prior denial and thus did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1031063
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