The Board has found new and material evidence to reopen the claim for service connection for a nervous condition, which was previously denied in August 1991. The new evidence includes testimony from the veteran at an RO hearing and reports of VA treatment dated from 1996.
The deciding factor: The newly submitted evidence associates current anxiety disorder with the veteran's military service episode of loss of consciousness during his active duty, which is significant to the claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- nervous condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2003
- Citation
- 0309572
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