The Board denied service connection for PTSD and the RO denied service connection for a right ear disability. The veteran's claim to reopen his PTSD claim was denied due to lack of new and material evidence, while his right ear disability claim is being remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic-stress-disorder (PTSD), right ear disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2002
- Citation
- 0200974
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
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