The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection of a psychiatric disorder and compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for a prostate disorder, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the claim for service connection and concluding that VA treatment did not cause or aggravate the veteran's current prostate condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the newly submitted evidence was insufficient to establish a causal link between the veteran's current conditions and his service or VA treatment, and thus denied reopening of the claims and compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder, prostate disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2000
- Citation
- 0002737
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What this means for you
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