The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for PTSD and tinnitus of the right ear, but denied the claim for compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: New evidence provided by the veteran regarding stressor events in service was found significant enough to warrant reopening the PTSD claim.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, post-traumatic-stress-disorder (PTSD), additional left eye disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2003
- Citation
- 0301356
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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