The Board has granted service connection for psoriasis as secondary to the veteran's PTSD, and has also granted a 10 percent rating for his PTSD. The effective date is not specified.
The deciding factor: The VA physician found that the veteran's current psoriasis was likely due to his past use of lithium for PTSD, which caused an exacerbation of his pre-existing psoriasis.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriasis, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 29, 2000
- Citation
- 0022949
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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
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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