Marso v. West

HOLDAWAY, Judge:

The appellant, Doris Marso, widow of the veteran Cecil E. Marso, appeals the August 1997 decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) that denied her claim for service connection of the veteran’s cause of death. Both parties have filed briefs. The only issue raised by the appellant in her brief to this Court is whether the BVA erred by failing to adjudicate her claim under 38 U.S.C. § 1318(b)(1). The Court deems the appellant to have abandoned the issue of whether the veteran’s cause of death was service connected pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1310. See Bucklinger v.…