The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for dysthymia and found it plausible. However, post traumatic stress disorder was not incurred in or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: Medical opinion linking the veteran's currently diagnosed dysthymia to service renders the claim plausible, but there is no evidence of a combat-related stressor for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Dysthymia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2000
- Citation
- 0004929
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What this means for you
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, dysthymia, and unspecified depressive disorder, as the evidence did not support a current diagnosis of PTSD or a link between any claimed in-service stressors and the Veteran's current psychiatric conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, TBI, vision issues, and sleep apnea due to the lack of a current diagnosis. The claims for personality disorder, anxiety disorder, depression, and dysthymia were remanded.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for PTSD, a personality disorder, and dysthymia but granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, other than PTSD, a personality disorder, and dysthymia, to include unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder and stimulant use disorder.
- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD and Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) claims have been granted. The PTSD rating has been restored to 70 percent effective September 30, 2019.
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