The veteran's claims for increased PTSD, reopening a right wrist injury claim, and service connection for various conditions were denied. The denial of the PTSD claim is due to failure to meet the criteria for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent. The denial of the right wrist injury claim is due to lack of new and material evidence. Service connection was not granted for asthma, digestive disorder, broken finger (right or left), patellofemoral arthritis, headaches, bilateral hearing loss, prostatitis, skin disorders, or lung disorders.
The deciding factor: The veteran's PTSD did not meet the criteria for an evaluation in excess of 10 percent. The right wrist injury claim was denied due to lack of new and material evidence. Service connection was not granted as there was no medical evidence linking any of the claimed conditions to service or exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Chronic Heart Disease, Residuals of a Right Wrist Injury, Asthma, Digestive Disorder, Fracture of the Right 4th or 5th Finger, Left Knee Disorder (Patellofemoral Arthritis), Migraine or Other Headaches, Hearing Loss, Prostatitis or Other Prostate Disorder, Skin and Lung Disorders
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 16, 2005
- Citation
- 0504140
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