The Board denied service connection for sinusitis and granted a 30 percent rating for cervical spine injury with degenerative changes. The initial 30 percent evaluation assigned for PTSD prior to July 22, 1999 was upheld, but the veteran is now rated at 50 percent from that date onwards.
The deciding factor: The Board found no new evidence or substantial change in the veteran's condition since the last rating decision supporting a higher evaluation for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- sinusitis, cervical spine injury with degenerative changes, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- September 13, 2002
- Citation
- 0211980
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- 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.
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