The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for Peyronie's disease due to new evidence. The claim for service connection for a depressive disorder is denied as there is no evidence of a chronic psychiatric disability related to service or service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions are needed to determine if the veteran's Peyronie's disease was caused by his service-connected urethral strictures.
- Claimed conditions
- Peyronie's disease, depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 23, 2003
- Citation
- 0324558
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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.
What you can do next
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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
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for further development, including verification of an in-service stressor and obtaining additional medical opinions.
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