The Board denied reopening the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to lack of new and material evidence, as the submitted evidence was either cumulative or redundant.
The deciding factor: No new or material evidence has been received that could reasonably substantiate the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran’s death.
- Claimed conditions
- cause of death (cardiac arrest), uremia, cancer of the prostate
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19115404
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