I am looking for the regulations on how the VA was supposed to handle a claim for benefits in the 1970s. I have a family member who I am helping with his appeal. He submitted a claim after he was hospitalized in the mid 1970s after an attempted suicide for depression. He was denied based on lack of service connection. The hospitalization was about 5 years after his 2 year tour in Vietnam. The hospital records in the cfile state a sentence from the doctor that he was experiencing depression since his time in Vietnam.
Where can I find regs of how they should have handled his claim back then?
Should they have considered that statement?
He was in the hospital for about 2 months for depression.
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I am looking for the regulations on how the VA was supposed to handle a claim for benefits in the 1970s. I have a family member who I am helping with his appeal. He submitted a claim after he was hospitalized in the mid 1970s after an attempted suicide for depression. He was denied based on lack of service connection. The hospitalization was about 5 years after his 2 year tour in Vietnam. The hospital records in the cfile state a sentence from the doctor that he was experiencing depression since his time in Vietnam.
Where can I find regs of how they should have handled his claim back then?
Should they have considered that statement?
He was in the hospital for about 2 months for depression.
Thank you for any advice!
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