The Board found that the Veteran did not submit new and material evidence to reopen his claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, back disorder, and stomach disorder. The evidence submitted by the Veteran was deemed insufficient to establish a relationship between any current disability and active service or a service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The newly provided evidence did not link any of the claimed conditions to the Veteran's period of active service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric Disorder, Back Disorder, Stomach Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2013
- Citation
- 1335148
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