The veteran is found to be unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities, including nodulocystic acne and affective disorder.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected conditions are of such severity that they prevent him from securing or following any substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- nodulocystic acne, affective disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 4, 2004
- Citation
- 0403124
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Decisions by this judge: 1,458 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's psychiatric conditions, particularly PTSD. The decision is pending further examination and opinion.
- Granted
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, including major depressive disorder and affective disorder. The evidence submitted since the final August 2003 rating decision was not new or material.
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