The Board has denied the veteran's claim of service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim but not enough evidence exists to establish a nexus between his current condition and his service or service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that while new evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim, there is no medical evidence linking the veteran's current psychiatric disorder to his in-service injury or his service-connected back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Major depressive disorder with psychotic features
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0617328
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, namely major depressive disorder with psychotic features, to include as secondary to service connected disabilities, for a new etiology opinion.
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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