The Board denied the Veteran's petition to reopen his previously denied service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The evidence provided since the last denial did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
The deciding factor: The new evidence submitted by the Veteran was insufficient to establish a current diagnosis of an acquired psychiatric disability and thus could not meet the threshold requirement for reopening the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (including Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)]
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 26, 2016
- Citation
- 1633760
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to June 27, 2006, for the grant of service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) was denied as there is no evidence showing a claim for PTSD within one year of his discharge.
- Granted
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD. The claim is granted as the evidence supports a diagnosis of PTSD related to in-service sexual trauma.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), is related to his active duty service and grants this claim.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, and granted service connection based on new evidence provided by the Veteran.
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