The Board granted service connection for PTSD and assigned a 100% evaluation effective from April 2000. The veteran withdrew his appeals concerning the other issues on appeal.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim for PTSD was reopened based on new evidence, leading to its grant with a 100% evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, bilateral shoulder condition, chronic fatigue syndrome as due to an undiagnosed illness, bleeding gums due to an undiagnosed illness, numbness of the face, lips and chin as due to undiagnosed illness, blindness as due to undiagnosed illness, heavy sweating and fever due to undiagnosed illness, dizziness as due to undiagnosed illness, sore throat as due to undiagnosed illness, hair loss as due to undiagnosed illness
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 31, 2004
- Citation
- 0408285
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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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- Denied
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- Dismissed
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