The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for fatigue, degenerative joint disease of multiple joints (claimed as multiple joint pain), gastrointestinal disorder to include erosive gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and gastroesophageal reflux disease, skin disorder to include right elbow rash, depression, tension headaches, memory loss, genetic alopecia (claimed as hair loss), and PTSD. The Board found new and material evidence for these claims.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms have been attributed to an undiagnosed illness during service.
- Claimed conditions
- fatigue, degenerative joint disease of multiple joints (claimed as multiple joint pain), gastrointestinal disorder to include erosive gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and gastroesophageal reflux disease, skin disorder to include right elbow rash, depression, memory loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2008
- Citation
- 0808586
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, arthritis, and memory loss. The decision found no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining in-service psychiatric treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Denied
The Veteran's depression was rated at 50 percent prior to July 1, 2016. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating due to occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity. For TDIU, the Veteran had multiple service-connected disabilities but his education and work experience were sufficient for sedentary or light labor employment.
- Granted
The Veteran's depression was rated at 50 percent prior to September 27, 2017. From September 27, 2017, the rating for depression increased to 70 percent.
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