The Board has determined that it lacks jurisdiction over the issue of whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability. The veteran's claim for vocational rehabilitation subsistence allowance under Chapter 31, Title 38, United States Code is denied as he does not have any service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board lacks jurisdiction over the issue of whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability due to the inapplicability of the law at this time. The veteran's current physical and psychiatric disabilities are not service-connected, thus he does not meet the basic prerequisite legal criteria for Chapter 31 benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2001
- Citation
- 0111943
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
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