The Board has denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluation, service connection for PTSD, bilateral eye disability, skin rash and keloids (secondary to Agent Orange exposure), and reopening of a claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD. The case is remanded for further development including consideration of new evidence submitted by the veteran's attorney.
The deciding factor: The Board found that additional evidence had been submitted since the last decision, necessitating its review before proceeding with the appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- right mastectomy as the residual of gynecomastia, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bilateral eye disability, skin rash and keloids, acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 6, 2002
- Citation
- 0204152
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified depressive disorder with social anxiety disorder and PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for arrhythmia and a bilateral eye disability, but denied service connection for lipoma.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for PTSD to be readjudicated on the merits due to new and relevant evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to or caused by the Veteran's military service.
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