The Board found that there was new and material evidence to reopen the veteran's claims for service connection for Meniere's disease, dysthymia (a form of depression), and psychiatric disorder. The decision granted these claims.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the veteran's claims for entitlement to service connection for Meniere's disease and for entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Nervous Disorder, Meniere's Disease, Psychiatric Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 18, 2001
- Citation
- 0122690
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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