The Board denied the veteran's petition to reopen his claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder other than post-traumatic stress disorder due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was presented to support the reopening of the previously denied claim.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder other than post-traumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2003
- Citation
- 0301442
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Decisions by this judge: 2,196 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including a psychiatric disorder other than post-traumatic stress disorder, hypertension, congestive heart failure, kidney disease, arthritis of the hands, chronic fatigue syndrome, and back disability. The claims to reopen for arthritis of the knees and stress fractures of the legs and feet were also denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claims for service connection, waiver of overpayment, and disability ratings are being remanded to the RO for additional development.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, lumbago claimed as a back disorder, and whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder other than post-traumatic stress disorder. The decision also denied an earlier effective date prior to July 3, 2000, for the grant of service connection for PTSD.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development of evidence, including obtaining SSA records and VA clinical records. The veteran's claims will be reconsidered based on the new evidence.
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