The Board has granted service connection for PTSD, finding that the veteran's symptoms are related to his in-service exposure to the aftermath of the atomic bomb in Japan. The issues of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus have been remanded due to a need for further development.
The deciding factor: PTSD was diagnosed based on the veteran's reported in-service stressors, including witnessing the effects of the atomic bomb in Japan.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Bilateral Hearing Loss Disability, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2003
- Citation
- 0308323
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