The Board denied the reopening of a previously denied claim for service connection for cerebral hemorrhage, finding that new evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the January 2016 decision was found to be cumulative and not material to the basis for the prior denial.
- Claimed conditions
- cerebral hemorrhage, strokes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2018
- Citation
- 18157195
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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