The Board denied reopening the Veteran's claims for service connection for paranoid delusional disorder and obsessive compulsive neurosis/emotional instability reaction, finding that new and material evidence had not been received.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the previously denied claims of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- paranoid delusional disorder, obsessive compulsive neurosis/emotional instability reaction
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2009
- Citation
- 0926856
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient rationale in a previous medical opinion regarding service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, schizoaffective disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder with psychotic features, panic disorder with agoraphobia, paranoid delusional disorder, psychotic disorder NOS, and anxiety disorder NOS. The decision is based on the evidence showing that these conditions began during service and are related to his combat-related stressors.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's paranoid delusional disorder and depressive disorder are found to have resulted from military service, thus granting service connection.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that his current conditions are not related to his military service.
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