The Board has reopened the claim for PTSD and granted service connection, finding that the veteran's current diagnosis of PTSD is related to his in-service experiences. The skin disorder claim was also granted as secondary to herbicide exposure, with a presumption under the Agent Orange Act of 1991.
The deciding factor: The Board found new evidence sufficient to reopen the PTSD claim and established service connection based on credible testimony regarding in-service stressors and medical opinions linking current symptoms to those events. The skin disorder was granted as secondary to herbicide exposure, with a presumption under the Agent Orange Act of 1991.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Skin disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0007537
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