The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reconsider the claim for service connection for PTSD. The decision on whether this evidence is sufficient to reopen the claim will determine if service connection can be granted.
The deciding factor: Changes in the law since October 1988 have created a new factual basis for adjudicating the claim for service connection due to changes in how VA evaluates claims for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Low Back Disability, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0312343
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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