The Board has denied the Veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and has also denied his claim for a higher rating for his service-connected traumatic amputation through the distal phalanges of the fourth and fifth fingers of the left hand. The decision is final as it was made in 1975, and no new and material evidence has been received since then.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for reopening his acquired psychiatric disorder was denied due to lack of new and material evidence, while his claim for a higher rating for his service-connected traumatic amputation remains unresolved as the evidence does not support an increase in disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, Traumatic amputation through the distal phalanges of the fourth and fifth fingers of the left hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2014
- Citation
- 1412448
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability and an increased rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder. The Board found that there was no evidence linking the current disabilities to military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a determination on whether injuries sustained in a November 2001 incident were in the line of duty. The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is also remanded due to its interdependence with the line of duty issue.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error in failing to obtain private treatment records from the Veteran's treating clinician.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of August 13, 2018, for the award of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is granted. The Veteran also meets the schedular criteria for entitlement to TDIU prior to June 1, 2023.
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