The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, muscle tension headaches, and a tumor of the jaw. The RO also denied his claims for new and material evidence regarding skin disorders due to Agent Orange exposure and an acquired psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not meet the criteria for well-groundedness in all cases, particularly with regard to the lack of current diagnoses or established links between service and claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), muscle tension headaches, tumor of the jaw, skin disorder due to Agent Orange exposure, acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2000
- Citation
- 0010481
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified depressive disorder with social anxiety disorder and PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for migraine and muscle tension headaches, including as secondary to bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, otitis media, and spine arthritis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for PTSD to be readjudicated on the merits due to new and relevant evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to or caused by the Veteran's military service.
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