The Board has determined that new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder. The case is remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted, allowing the reopening of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- mood disorder, depressed, brief psychotic episode
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2004
- Citation
- 0401454
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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