The Board found that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the claim of service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death. The appellant presented testimony and statements arguing that the causes of death were related to Agent Orange exposure or PTSD, but these assertions were previously considered.
The deciding factor: The provided evidence did not relate a service-connected disability as the principal or contributory cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- Liver failure, Renal failure, Sepsis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2013
- Citation
- 1306578
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