The Board denied the claim for service connection for cause of death and denied the claim for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1318 due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was presented to support the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Cerebral infarction, Cerebral vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19156573
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that there was no evidence to support a link between any of his fatal conditions and his military service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of the cause of the Veteran's death to correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the August 2023 decision on appeal.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that his immediate cause of death (cerebral infarction) was causally related to his active service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding the Veteran's cause of death and his exposure to toxic chemicals at Fort Ord during service. The VA is required to obtain further medical opinions on these issues.
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