The Board found that the appellant knowingly provided fraudulent evidence in support of her DIC claim, leading to a forfeiture of all benefits under VA laws. The appeal is dismissed.
The deciding factor: The appellant submitted documents she claimed were from her husband's military files, which were later determined by forensic analysis to be false and intentionally presented as such.
- Claimed conditions
- Pneumonia, Colonic Cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19162363
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