The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for a nervous disorder, including sleepwalking, due to new and material evidence submitted since the November 1988 rating decision.
The deciding factor: New medical records showed that the veteran had been diagnosed with dysthymia or a dysthymic disorder, which is a psychiatric disability for which service connection is available.
- Claimed conditions
- nervous disorder, sleepwalking
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2002
- Citation
- 0209064
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