The Board has reopened the veteran's claims of service connection for PTSD and Colitis, finding new and material evidence. The claim of service connection for PTSD is well grounded, while the claim of service connection for Colitis does not have sufficient new evidence to reopen.
The deciding factor: New medical records provided since the last denial support a diagnosis of PTSD and indicate that it may be related to in-service stressors. For colitis, no new evidence has been submitted to establish a link between current symptoms and military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Colitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0000220
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70 percent rating prior to March 7, 2022, while other claims were denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for insomnia, fatigue, gallstones, varicose veins, anemia, colitis, and PTSD due to a lack of evidence supporting the claims.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and GAD, as well as tinnitus.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, as it needs a medical opinion addressing the nature and etiology of the condition prior to October 16, 2023.
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