The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen his claim for service connection for post-traumatic organic brain syndrome, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to support the reopening of the claim for post-traumatic organic brain syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic organic brain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2003
- Citation
- 0308207
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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The appeal is granted as his PTSD is now considered service-connected.
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