The VA has determined that the veteran's service-connected residuals of heat injury with recurrent episodes of altered consciousness, anxiety and PTSD warrant a 30 percent evaluation.
The deciding factor: The most recent medical evidence does not show an increase in impairment beyond what is already accounted for under the current rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Heat Intolerance, Anxiety Disorder (not otherwise specified), Depressive Disorder (not otherwise specified)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2002
- Citation
- 0214346
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and depressive disorder have been granted service connection.,Service connection for PTSD has been denied, as the evidence does not support a diagnosis of PTSD in accordance with DSM-5 criteria. The Veteran's current symptoms do not meet the diagnostic criteria for PTSD.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence and for further examination. The Veteran's heat intolerance claim is denied, while his seizure disorder claim is sent back for additional development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's heat intolerance was denied an increased rating, and the issue of service connection for a seizure disorder is remanded.,For his heat intolerance, the Veteran did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for heat intolerance, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and left ear hearing loss. The decision also noted that new evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims.
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