The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the veteran's previously denied claim of service connection for PTSD. The issue regarding residuals of exposure to a fuel spill was also denied.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was received to reopen the claim of service connection for PTSD, as the evidence presented did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0610325
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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