The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his service-connected anxiety reaction with PTSD is granted, and he is now rated at 30 percent. The issue of reopening the tinnitus claim due to new evidence is also resolved in favor of the veteran.
The deciding factor: The VA medical records are in equipoise as to whether the veteran's current symptoms of anxiety reaction with PTSD have been present since service, warranting a grant of an increased evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Reaction with PTSD, Bilateral Hearing Loss, Tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 21, 2003
- Citation
- 0309551
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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