Berger v. Brown

HOLDAWAY, Judge:

The appellant, Ailean Berger, appeals an October 7, 1994, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) that (1) determined that a July 1969 administrative decision which denied the appellant recognition as the veteran’s surviving spouse was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous and (2) determined that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the previously denied claim and that the evidence supported recognition of the appellant as the surviving spouse of the veteran for VA benefit purposes. The appellant appeals only that part of the Board’s…