Testa v. Kahahawai

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• whether evidence is \new and material\ under 38 C.F.R. § 3.156 is a question of law subject to de novo review
• once claim has been reopened, adjudicator is “to decide the merits of a reopened claim ... [by] looking at the new and material evidence in the context of all the other evidence of record and not in isolation”

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