The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, which was previously denied in 1988.
The deciding factor: The additional evidence submitted since the final decision of February 1988 does not include any new or significant information that would warrant reopening the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2002
- Citation
- 0205367
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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