The appeals of the issues of an increased rating for a lumbosacral spine disorder and service connection for ulcers, as associated with PTSD disorder are dismissed. The appeal to reopen a previously denied and final claim for service connection for acquired psychiatric disorders is granted.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been received sufficient to reopen the previously denied and final claim of service connection for acquired psychiatric disorders (PTSD).
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral spine disorder, ulcers associated with PTSD
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19128529
What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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