The Board has found the veteran's claim for PTSD well-grounded and granted service connection. The issues of prostate condition and stomach condition are pending, with a request to reopen the previously denied claim for stomach condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence established that the veteran experienced stressors during his active duty in Vietnam which led to PTSD. The RO is directed to verify these stressors and consider reopening the previously denied claim for stomach condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Prostate condition, Stomach condition
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 25, 2000
- Citation
- 0022491
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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.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70 percent rating prior to March 7, 2022, while other claims were denied.
- Dismissed
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- Granted
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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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