The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder and injury to the right leg, as well as whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for injury to the left testicle. The veteran's claims are granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran had submitted sufficient evidence to establish a well-grounded claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as new and material evidence to reopen his claims for service connection for injuries to the right leg and left testicle.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic stress disorder, Injury to the left testicle, Injury to the right leg
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0028739
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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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