The Veteran's service connection claims for PTSD, depression, sleep problems and fatigue, muscle and joint aches, headaches, sinusitis, acid peptic disease with reflux symptoms, and lumbar strain have been granted. The Veteran is assigned a 10 percent evaluation for acid peptic disease with reflux symptoms.
The deciding factor: The evidence established that the Veteran's PTSD was incurred in service and may be presumed due to undiagnosed illness related to Gulf War service. Sleep problems, muscle and joint aches, headaches, and sinusitis were found to have been caused by undiagnosed illnesses. The acid peptic disease with reflux symptoms are considered to be at least as likely as not incurred in service.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, sleep problems and fatigue, muscle and joint aches, sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 13, 2010
- Citation
- 1013981
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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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