The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for PTSD and found it plausible, but not well-grounded. The claim for a disability of the right hand is also considered plausible but not well-grounded. Service connection was denied for both conditions due to lack of clear evidence. For the total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability, the veteran's disabilities do not meet the criteria.
The deciding factor: The new evidence does not establish that PTSD or a disability of the right hand are service-connected.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (PTSD), Disability of the Right Hand
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0006111
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