The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the 1973 and 1976 rating decisions that denied service connection for a personality disorder and chronic nightmares related to a nervous condition. The Veteran's claims were based on direct evidence of his conditions, not through a presumption or reopening due to new evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the prior rating actions were consistent with then-existing regulations and the evidence of record did not establish clear and unmistakable error in denying service connection for the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Personality Disorder, Nervous Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2014
- Citation
- 1441619
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What this means for you
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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: Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date and increased rating for other specified trauma-related disorder was denied. The Board found that the May 1974 denial of service connection for a personality disorder did not address a reasonable raised claim for depression, which is related to the same period.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of service connection for PTSD was granted, with the effective date set at July 31, 1995.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for PTSD has been granted, and the claims for personality disorder and panic/anxiety disorder have been remanded due to new evidence.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's motion to revise a 1991 rating decision denying service connection for a nervous condition due to lack of CUE, as the evidence did not show that any error of fact or law manifestly changed the outcome of the decision.
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