The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, variously diagnosed has been reopened and is granted. The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable evaluation for migraines remains remanded.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the May 2011 rating decision relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, variously diagnosed
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2020
- Citation
- 20009758
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