The Board has found that the Veteran's PTSD is related to service and grants service connection for PTSD.
The deciding factor: There is competent evidence tending to establish a link between the Veteran's PTSD symptoms and his in-service experiences, including as door gunner during combat operations in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic hepatitis C, chronic kidney disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2010
- Citation
- 1039894
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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
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a chronic liver disorder and a chronic kidney disorder, as there was no evidence of a current disability at any time during the appeal period.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that chronic hepatitis C was incurred in service and contributed to his death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for chronic hepatitis C to obtain an adequate examination and/or addendum opinion.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, warranting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
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