The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability due to new and material evidence submitted since the final June 1981 decision. The claim is now considered on its merits.
The deciding factor: New medical records from during the veteran's service and subsequent VA outpatient visits have been added to the record, indicating that the veteran has experienced anxiety/depression both during and after his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety/depression
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2002
- Citation
- 0206565
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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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