The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and determined that new evidence supports this reopening. The Veteran is now entitled to service connection for PTSD, Major Depressive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Panic Disorder as these conditions are linked to his in-service stressor of a motor vehicle accident while stationed in Germany. Residual scarring from the head/facial injury sustained during the MVA has also been granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PTSD is linked to an in-service stressor involving a motor vehicle accident, and he now meets the criteria for service connection based on new evidence received since his previous denial of this claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Major Depressive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2010
- Citation
- 1014884
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD, generalized anxiety disorder, and somatic symptom disorder, as well as presumptive service connection for basal cell carcinoma under the PACT Act. Service connection was denied for chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, right restless leg syndrome, left restless leg syndrome, an increased rating for psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, a left forehead surgical scar, and allergic rhinitis.
- 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.
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