The Board has denied the veteran's claim to reopen his previously denied claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including anxiety with depression. The evidence submitted since the January 1998 rating decision does not provide a sufficient basis to reopen the claim.
The deciding factor: The newly submitted evidence did not establish a link between the claimed psychiatric disability and the veteran's active service.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety with depression
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2005
- Citation
- 0522141
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- Granted
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