The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD, finding that new evidence submitted since the August 1993 rating decision supports a diagnosis of PTSD. The claim is well-grounded and the veteran currently has this disability.
The deciding factor: New evidence shows a current diagnosis of PTSD with full complement of symptoms related to the veteran's Vietnam service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold weather injury to hands and feet, bilateral foot pain secondary to jungle rot, post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 29, 2000
- Citation
- 0008363
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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.
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