Partly granted
The Board remanded claims for bilateral carpel tunnel syndrome, right knee disability, and drug addiction due to new evidence. Claims for PTSD, other psychiatric disabilities, and drug addiction were denied.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the receipt of new and relevant evidence that warranted readjudication under the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA).
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral carpel tunnel syndrome, right knee disability, drug addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder, acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, to include depression, low back disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25001567
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