The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD and granted it. The issues of an initial compensable evaluation for right ear hearing loss disability and increased rating for low back disability are addressed in the remand section.
The deciding factor: New evidence, including VA treatment records indicating a diagnosis of PTSD, was submitted since the last denial, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Right Ear Hearing Loss, Low Back Disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2003
- Citation
- 0333919
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70 percent rating prior to March 7, 2022, while other claims were denied.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and GAD, as well as tinnitus.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, except for a 20 percent rating for lumbosacral strain.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, as it needs a medical opinion addressing the nature and etiology of the condition prior to October 16, 2023.
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