The Board has determined that the appellant did not submit new and material evidence to reopen her claim for revocation of forfeiture of VA benefits due to fraudulent medical evidence. The March 2002 forfeiture decision is final, and no further action can be taken on this issue.
The deciding factor: Newly submitted evidence does not provide a basis to question or revisit the prior final decision in March 2002 regarding the propriety of a VA forfeiture action based on allegedly fraudulent medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- cause of death (hypertensive arteriosclerotic heart disease)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2010
- Citation
- 1036701
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