The Veteran's appeal of the issue whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim for entitlement to service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder, and if so, whether service connection is warranted, was dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal. The case was also remanded for additional development regarding the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal of the issue related to PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, bipolar disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1003713
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of December 12, 2023, for a 50 percent evaluation of bipolar disorder and remanded the other issues for further development.
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