The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and limitation of extension of the right elbow, finding that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim for the right elbow condition and that there was no credible medical evidence linking either condition to his active military service.
The deciding factor: The lack of credible medical evidence attributing the Veteran's claimed conditions to his active service or its aggravation was the deciding factor in denying both claims.
- Claimed conditions
- limitation of extension of the right elbow, psychiatric disorder (generalized anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2009
- Citation
- 0911447
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Decisions by this judge: 2,035 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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