The Board has remanded the case for further development, including verification of alleged personal assaults in service and consideration of alternative sources of supporting evidence. The Veteran's claims for alcohol and drug abuse and an acquired psychiatric disability, other than PTSD, are considered to be reopened due to new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been received since the last final rating decisions, allowing the reopening of the claims for service connection for alcohol and drug abuse and an acquired psychiatric disability, other than PTSD. However, further development is needed to verify the Veteran's claimed personal assaults in service and consider alternative sources of supporting evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- alcohol and drug abuse, acquired psychiatric disability, other than PTSD
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2018
- Citation
- 1827457
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