The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for psychiatric disability and nerve damage, finding that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the claims.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disability, nerve damage
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0606983
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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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