The Board has determined that the submitted evidence does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection for depressive neurosis and personality disorder, thus denying the reopening of the claim.
The deciding factor: The new evidence provided by the VAMC records did not relate the veteran's current depression to service.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive neurosis, personality disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0602398
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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