The Veteran's claim for service connection for a nervous disorder as secondary to his service-connected right shoulder disability was denied in January 2002, July 2004, July 2005, and June 2007. New evidence received since the final denial of these claims raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the Veteran relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate his claim for service connection for a nervous disorder as secondary to his service-connected right shoulder disability.
- Claimed conditions
- nervous disorder, neurosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 30, 2017
- Citation
- 1718838
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