The Veteran's claims for an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for gastritis and reopening the previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for hypertension have been granted. However, his claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability has been denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for gastritis with effective date of September 17, 2012. The Veteran submitted new evidence showing he had hypertension prior to the denial in December 2011 and that it was caused by his service-connected diabetes mellitus. However, there is no evidence linking the psychiatric disability to service or a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- gastritis, hypertension, depression
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2016
- Citation
- 1612003
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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