The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for PTSD and service connection for hepatitis, finding that his symptoms did not warrant a higher rating or that they were not related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA found no evidence of significant impairment in occupational or social functioning due to PTSD, and concluded that the veteran's current liver disease was not secondary to his service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Hepatitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0637750
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Decisions by this judge: 2,645 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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