The veteran's PTSD and other disabilities render him unemployable, warranting a permanent and total disability rating for pension purposes. Service connection for PTSD is granted based on new evidence.
The deciding factor: PTSD was found to be service-connected due to the presentation of new evidence supporting its etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Eczema, Degenerative Disc Disease of the Lumbar Spine, status post discectomy at L4-5, Psychiatric Disorders, Onychomycosis of the Toenails
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 14, 2004
- Citation
- 0401341
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for PTSD, a higher rating for left shoulder disability, and an earlier effective date for the award of a 20 percent rating for left shoulder disability.
- 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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