The Veteran's application to reopen his claim for service connection of dysthymia and anxiety disorder was granted. The application to reopen his claim for service connection of a bilateral foot condition to include gout is granted.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the Veteran established current diagnoses of dysthymia, anxiety disorder, and a bilateral foot condition to include gout.
- Claimed conditions
- dysthymia, anxiety disorder, bilateral foot condition to include gout
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19192665
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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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