The Board has granted service connection for obesity as secondary to PTSD and increased the evaluation of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to 50 percent.
The deciding factor: The veteran's obesity is linked to his service-connected PTSD, and he currently suffers from a disabling level of PTSD that meets the criteria for a 100% rating since his employment termination.
- Claimed conditions
- obesity, compression fracture of the back
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- April 26, 2000
- Citation
- 0010958
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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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- Partly granted
The Board granted a restoration of the separate 10 percent rating for vertigo, an earlier effective date for service connection for vertigo and migraines, and a 30 percent rating for hypothyroidism with heart murmur. The decision also denied an earlier effective date for hypertension and remanded claims for obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, and individual unemployability.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, and hypertension.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for several conditions, including OSA, cervical spine condition, left shoulder condition, right shoulder condition, and others, but dismissed appeals for obesity, TMJ, insomnia, left elbow, and right elbow. The Board also denied an earlier effective date for a 70% rating for acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeals for service connection for various conditions, including arrhythmia and migraine headaches.
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