The veteran's cervical spine disability is currently rated at 30 percent, and the claim for service connection of a psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) has been denied due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted since the last denial does not provide a diagnosis of PTSD or information on any inservice stressors necessary to reopen the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical spine injury, Psychiatric disorder (including PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 4, 2007
- Citation
- 0727657
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that new and relevant evidence was submitted to readjudicate the cervical spine injury claim, but the issue of service connection for bilateral hearing loss is granted. The cervical spine injury claim is remanded due to a lack of a VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for psychiatric disorder and liver disability as secondary to a psychiatric disorder due to inadequate VA examinations and failure to consider all relevant facts in determining whether these conditions are related to service or service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including a psychiatric disorder (including PTSD), headache disorder, left leg pain, tingling in the left foot, low back disorder, bilateral foot swelling, and sinus disorder.,Service connection was not granted for any of the claimed conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that there has not been substantial compliance with the November 2022 remand directives regarding the remaining claim for service connection for a cervical spine injury. Therefore, the Board finds that an additional remand is warranted.
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