The Board granted increased ratings for the service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound to the neck and PTSD, with the former rated at 40 percent and the latter at 30 percent.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms were found to meet the criteria for a higher rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound to the left posterior neck, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), adenocarcinoma of the prostate
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0604733
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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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