The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and denied service connection for arthritis of the left hand and right leg as secondary to the service connected gunshot wounds. The veteran's tinnitus claim is not addressed in this decision.
The deciding factor: PTSD was found to be linked to a verified stressor event during service, while arthritis claims were not supported by evidence showing a direct link to the service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Arthritis of the Left Hand, Arthritis of the Right Leg
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 23, 2001
- Citation
- 0114435
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