The Board denied the Veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for a mental disorder, including anxiety disorder/depression, claustrophobia with alcoholism. The decision was based on the lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: The newly received evidence did not relate any current mental disorders to service, as required by the criteria for reopening a previously denied claim.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder/depression, claustrophobia, alcoholism
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 15, 2011
- Citation
- 1126600
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- Denied
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