The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen a claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.
The deciding factor: The RO previously denied the claim in March 2000, and the newly submitted evidence was found to be cumulative or redundant of previous evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder including schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2002
- Citation
- 0217721
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