Glenn H. Jackson, Claimant-Appellant v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

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• holding that the Board has a legal duty under 38 U.S.C.A. §§ 5108 and 7105, to address the question of whether new and material evidence has been presented to reopen a previously denied claim
• determining that \the Board has a jurisdictional responsibility to consider whether it was proper for a claim to be reopened\
• regardless of action taken by RO, Board must determine whether new and material evidence has been received subsequent to an unappealed RO denial
• the statutes make clear that the Board has a jurisdictional responsibility to consider whether it was proper for a claim to be reopened, regardless of whether the previous action denying the claim was appealed to the Board
• reopening after a prior unappealed RO denial

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