The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for PTSD and an ear condition, finding new evidence that relates to unestablished facts necessary to substantiate these claims. The claim for PTSD is granted as there is credible supporting evidence of in-service personal assault leading to PTSD. The claim for an ear condition remains denied due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been submitted that supports the diagnosis of PTSD, including a verified in-service stressor involving personal assaults. There is no new and material evidence presented to support the claim for an ear condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Ear Condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2005
- Citation
- 0500120
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