The Board denied the petition to reopen the claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury to include a psychiatric disorder, finding that new and material evidence was not submitted.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish the presence of residual disability related to a head injury or provide any basis to relate the current psychiatric disorders to the appellant's period of active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder, polysubstance abuse, personality disorder, organic affective disorder, schizophrenia, dementia due to trauma, psychotic disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0030415
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What this means for you
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