The petition to reopen the previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, based on the receipt of new and material evidence, is granted. The Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, substance abuse disorder, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and TDIU are remanded.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been received that raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, depression, cocaine use disorder, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19141821
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
The claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for major depressive disorder is dismissed as moot because the earliest effective date was granted during the pendency of this appeal.
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