The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection due to lack of new and material evidence, as well as failure to establish a plausible or capable claim for PTSD and a neck/cervical spine condition.
The deciding factor: The veteran failed to submit new and material evidence that would support his claims for service connection. The medical records did not show the presence of chronic disabilities during service or post-service, nor could they link current conditions to service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral shoulder condition, low back condition, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), neck/cervical spine condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 29, 2000
- Citation
- 0005423
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified depressive disorder with social anxiety disorder and PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a low back condition, finding that the Veteran's current disability had its clinical onset during his active duty service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted the petition to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for a bilateral shoulder condition, but denied petitions to reopen claims for residuals of heat exhaustion, any dysfunction regulating body temperature, and a right ankle condition. The Board also remanded claims for bruxism and a bilateral shoulder condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and other benefits, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or additional compensation.
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