The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claims for service connection of psychiatric disability, erectile dysfunction, and degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine as they have been fully granted by a prior rating decision.,No new evidence or changes in circumstances were presented to warrant reopening any previously denied claims.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's service connection claims for psychiatric disability, erectile dysfunction, and degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine had already been fully granted by a prior rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Psychiatric disability (anxiety disorder and depression)"}, {"condition_name":"Erectile dysfunction"}, {"condition_name":"Degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19180751
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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