The Veteran's claims of whether new and material evidence was received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD (to include adjustment disorder and depressive disorder), and whether new and material evidence was received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for malaria were dismissed.,The issue of an initial rating higher than 50 percent for PTSD with alcohol use disorder remains on appeal.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his claims regarding the psychiatric disorder, other than PTSD, and malaria during the Board hearing. The evidence did not meet the criteria for a 70% or 100% rating for PTSD.,The Veteran's overall symptomatology did not more nearly approximate the criteria for a 70% or 100% rating for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"PTSD"}, {"condition_name":"Malaria"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19188357
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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