The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a back disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that new evidence does not warrant reopening of the claim for a back disability, and that there is no direct or secondary evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not show that the veteran's current back disability or acquired psychiatric disorder are etiologically related to any inservice injury or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Back disability, Acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2001
- Citation
- 0112705
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What this means for you
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