The veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for his service-connected laceration of the left arm is granted, as it is secondary to PTSD.
The deciding factor: The condition is considered secondary to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Claimed conditions
- laceration of the left arm
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- January 15, 2004
- Citation
- 0401499
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Decisions by this judge: 1,055 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development to obtain SSA records, VA treatment records, and examinations of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities. The issues on appeal include reopening a claim of service connection for headaches, increased ratings for residuals of laceration of the left arm and hypertension, and entitlement to TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining VA medical center records from 1995 to 2000. The veteran's claim of service connection for residuals of a laceration of the left arm is pending.
- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claims for increased ratings of his left arm laceration and bilateral hearing loss disability, as well as his claim for service connection for hepatitis C. The appeal regarding low back strain was remanded due to insufficient evidence.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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