The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, psychiatric disability other than PTSD, and left CTS. The evidence now before the RO includes diagnoses of PTSD due to sexual assault during service and depression at discharge.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence supports reopening of the veteran's claims for service connection based on new diagnoses of PTSD and depression.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)","diagnosis_basis":"Sexual assault during service"}, {"condition_name":"Psychiatric Disability Other Than PTSD","diagnosis_basis":"Depression, situational at discharge"}, {"condition_name":"Left Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)","diagnosis_basis":"No specific diagnosis provided in the given text"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0634320
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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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