The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for amputation of the right little finger and for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include post-traumatic stress disorder. The denial is based on a finding that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen these claims.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- amputation of the right little finger, acquired psychiatric disorder (post-traumatic stress disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2001
- Citation
- 0105876
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's amputation of the right little finger was caused or aggravated by a January 2017 palmar and digital fasciectomy performed at a VA facility.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's amputation of the right little finger was caused or aggravated by a January 2017 fasciectomy performed at a VA facility.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence presented at the hearing, requiring a new medical opinion on whether the Veteran's amputation of his right little finger was caused by VA carelessness or negligence.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection on the issues of sinusitis, right shoulder condition, alopecia, and sleep disorder to include sleep apnea have been dismissed due to withdrawal by the appellant during his April 2019 hearing. The remaining claims are remanded.
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