The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a noncompensable rating for dermatitis, finding that the veteran engaged in combat with enemy forces during his Vietnam service and provided sufficient evidence to support the occurrence of an inservice stressor. The compensable evaluation for dermatitis is denied as there is no exposed or extensive area affected.
The deciding factor: The Board found credible evidence supporting the occurrence of a claimed in-service stressor, leading to a grant of service connection for PTSD. For dermatitis, the noncompensable rating was assigned based on the absence of an exposed surface or extensive area affected by the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0016990
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, as it needs a medical opinion addressing the nature and etiology of the condition prior to October 16, 2023.
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