The Board has granted the veteran's claims for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder and denied his claim for esophageal condition, finding that there is competent medical evidence of a current disability related to in-service stressors.
The deciding factor: The VA PTSD examination report provided a diagnosis of PTSD based on the veteran's reported combat experiences during service.
- Claimed conditions
- esophageal condition, post-traumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2000
- Citation
- 0010807
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for an increased rating for post-traumatic stress disorder to provide her with another opportunity to attend a new VA mental health examination.
- Granted
The Board grants the appeal in full, granting service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for an esophageal condition and a hiatal hernia surgery scar, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claim for an esophageal condition, to include GERD, due to an inadequate VA examination and a need for a new medical opinion.
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