The Veteran's claims for service connection for major depression with psychotic features and a personality disorder as secondary to his service-connected bronchitis have been denied multiple times. The evidence received since the previous decisions is considered cumulative or redundant, and does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims.
The deciding factor: The new evidence provided by the Veteran does not establish a nexus between his psychiatric disorders and his military service or service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- major depression with psychotic features, personality disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 28, 2017
- Citation
- 1754038
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions have been denied as new and relevant evidence has not been submitted to warrant readjudication.
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