The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, generalized anxiety with depression, and alcoholism. The Veteran's claims are granted.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the Veteran includes statements from a neighbor and a fellow serviceman indicating symptoms related to his military service, as well as VA treatment records confirming diagnoses of PTSD and alcohol dependence. This raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Generalized Anxiety with Depression, Alcoholism
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2010
- Citation
- 1013458
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, finding the appellant's symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD due to an inadequate medical opinion.
- Granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD and a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) based on the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of February 21, 2007, for the award of service connection for PTSD and major depressive disorder with anxious distress.
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