The Board has determined that the evidence received since the November 2000 rating decision is not new and material, and therefore, the claim seeking service connection for a psychiatric disability may not be reopened.
The deciding factor: The additional evidence does not address the matter of a nexus between the current psychiatric disability and service, nor does it provide any information that would establish a relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- variously diagnosed psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2005
- Citation
- 0508823
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