The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and depression, effective January 15, 2003. The claim for residuals of cold injury is denied. Effective January 15, 2003, the veteran was awarded a 10 percent disability rating for occipital headaches and a 20 percent disability rating for chronic gastritis reflux.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's PTSD and depression were related to in-service stressors and granted service connection. The residuals of cold injury claim was denied as there is no evidence of current disability or persistent symptoms associated with service.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Depression, Residuals of Cold Injury
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2003
- Citation
- 0300889
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Decisions by this judge: 1,467 · Granted: 18% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's PTSD with depression caused total occupational and social impairment, leading to a rating of 100 percent.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with depression caused his Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with depression caused his Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's PTSD with depression is rated at 70 percent, but the Board found that his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a higher rating of 100 percent due to insufficient evidence of total occupational and social impairment.
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