The Board has found new and material evidence to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, which will now be reviewed on its merits.
The deciding factor: The opinion of a private physician provided sufficient evidence to support reopening the claim based on new information not previously considered by the RO.
- 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
- September 23, 2002
- Citation
- 0212823
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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.
What you can do next
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- Granted
The Board granted an initial increased rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, effective from the date of the appeal.
- Dismissed
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- Granted
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