The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and found that a new and material evidence has been submitted. The claim for increase in disability evaluation for acne vulgaris is granted with a rating of 10 percent.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, while the veteran's acne vulgaris condition warranted a 10% rating based on recent VA examination findings.
- Claimed conditions
- acne vulgaris, depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 24, 2003
- Citation
- 0301419
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, characterized as depressive disorder, effective May 1, 2017.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for depressive disorder and remanded the claims for a higher rating for headache syndrome and TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for further development, including verification of an in-service stressor and obtaining additional medical opinions.
- Partly granted
The Veteran is granted service connection for migraine headaches secondary to tinnitus, effective April 1, 2021. The claim for an earlier effective date for depressive disorder was denied.
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