The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed psychiatric disability, back injury, peripheral neuropathy due to herbicide exposure, and dental condition. The claim of residuals of electric shock injury was also denied as new and material evidence had not been submitted.
The deciding factor: The RO considered all claims based on the lack of medical evidence linking the conditions to service or any presumptive exposure basis.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Psychiatric disability (to include PTSD)","issue_name":"Entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disability"}, {"condition_name":"Residuals of electric shock injury","issue_name":"Whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen entitlement to service connection for residuals of electric shock"}, {"condition_name":"Back injury","issue_name":"Entitlement to service connection for back injury"}, {"condition_name":"Peripheral neuropathy due to herbicide exposure","issue_name":"Entitlement to service connection for peripheral neuropathy due to herbicide exposure"}, {"condition_name":"Dental condition","issue_name":"Entitlement to service connection for a dental condition"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2006
- Citation
- 0612791
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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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