The Board denied the veteran's claims to reopen his service connection for personality disorder and acquired psychiatric disability, finding that no new and material evidence had been presented.
The deciding factor: The claim was not reopened because the submitted evidence did not provide a link between the current disorders and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Personality Disorder, Acquired Psychiatric Disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2004
- Citation
- 0407807
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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