The Veteran's claim for service connection for syphilis has been granted, and he is also entitled to a TDIU based on his combined service-connected disability picture.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- syphilis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- December 11, 2014
- Citation
- 1454724
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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 the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, finding that the evidence did not support a compensable disability rating or service connection for any of the claimed conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various claimed conditions, including abnormal weight loss, a bowel condition, psychiatric disorders, foot pain, hemorrhoids, sinusitis, syphilis, and tinnitus due to the lack of evidence showing current disabilities or functional impairment.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for acute urethritis due to neisseria gonorrhea, syphilis, a deviated septum, an anxiety disorder (acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD), and a traumatic deviated septum.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for hypogonadism or low testosterone and ED, but denied service connection for syphilis. Several conditions were remanded for further development.
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