The Board found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, but denied the claim on the merits. The claim for service connection for a heart disability was not reopened.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for a heart disability, while it did for the psychiatric disorder due to the opinion that his condition started during military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart disability, Acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2008
- Citation
- 0814401
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
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