The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim and found that new evidence submitted since the March 1983 rating decision is sufficient to reopen his previously denied non-service-connected disability pension benefits claim.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted showing that the Veteran's current disabilities are not due to willful misconduct, and that they meet the criteria for a permanent and total disability rating for VA non-service-connected disability pension purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- Non-service connected disabilities
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2011
- Citation
- 1114056
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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.
What you can do next
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