The Veteran's petition to reopen a claim of service connection for hysterical personality disorder was denied. The petition to reopen a claim of service connection for depressive neurosis, now diagnosed as major depressive disorder, was granted.,Service connection for a psychiatric disorder (including anxiety and major depressive disorders) is remanded.
The deciding factor: The May 1972 rating decision denying the Veteran's previous claims of service connection for hysterical personality disorder and depressive neurosis (now diagnosed as major depressive disorder) is final.,New evidence has not been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for hysterical personality disorder. The petition was granted only in relation to the reopened claim of service connection for major depressive disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Hysterical Personality Disorder, Depressive Neurosis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2018
- Citation
- 18139830
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