The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and residuals of herbicide exposure, including chronic folliculitis, soft tissue sarcoma, and other skin disorders. Service connection is denied for the remaining conditions.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for PTSD based on a verified in-service stressor and current medical evidence supporting the diagnosis. Service connection was also granted for residuals of herbicide exposure as these conditions are presumed to be related to service due to exposure to herbicides, specifically Gulf War Syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right leg injury with right ankle fracture, PTSD, chronic folliculitis and soft tissue sarcoma, other skin disorders (including chronic folliculitis and sialolocolithia), low back disorder, keloid scar on the left lateral neck
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 25, 2008
- Citation
- 0825056
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