The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a nervous or psychiatric disorder, finding that new and material evidence has been received but not sufficient to establish service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA medical report concluded that the preponderance of the evidence is against the veteran's claim that service connection for a nervous or psychiatric disorder is warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- nervous condition, psychiatric condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0015811
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's motion to revise a September 1949 rating decision that denied service connection for a nervous condition, finding no CUE and concluding the denial was not erroneous.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error, specifically regarding the etiology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders. The AOJ must obtain SSA records and provide an addendum medical opinion addressing the onset and relationship of any diagnosed psychiatric disorder to service.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's claim for service connection and appropriate rating for a psychiatric condition as there was no outstanding request to reopen the previously denied claim, and thus no unresolved claim exists.
- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted as he meets the schedular criteria for TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities, and his inability to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
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