The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and found that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen his previously denied claim. The Board also determined that there was no current diagnosis of PTSD or other acquired psychiatric disorder, and concluded that the Veteran did not have a disease or injury in service that caused an acquired psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted by the Veteran does not establish a current diagnosis of an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD, nor does it provide new and material evidence to reopen his previously denied claim for service connection for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2016
- Citation
- 1614330
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