The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and for an increased rating for low back pain as the residual of a back injury. The evidence submitted since the 1976 decision did not meet the criteria to reopen the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The new evidence was found insufficient to establish that there was a nexus between the current disability and service, or to show that the veteran had an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety and/or depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2008
- Citation
- 0834172
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