The Veteran's petition to reopen his claim of service connection for an alcohol and substance use disorder was granted, and he is now entitled to this benefit. The effective date for the grant of service connection for social anxiety disorder is set at May 31, 2012.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the February 2007 rating decision raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of alcohol and substance use disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Alcohol and Substance Use Disorder, Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (other than Social Anxiety Disorder)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2018
- Citation
- 1810569
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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