The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was reopened and granted. The Veteran is now entitled to a rating in excess of 10 percent for his back disability.,There is no evidence that the Veteran's erectile dysfunction is related to his diabetes mellitus or any other service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the diagnosis of PTSD, and the Veteran engaged in combat during service. The current symptoms are consistent with his military experiences.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disability (to include PTSD), Erectile Dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1019450
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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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