The Veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, depression, and antisocial personality disorder has been reopened. The Board finds new and material evidence to support the reopening of this claim.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the July 1988 rating decision includes VA treatment records and private medical reports that raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, depression, and antisocial personality disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Antisocial Personality Disorder, Left Ear Hearing Loss, Specific Phobia, Right Clavicle Fracture, Acquired Psychiatric Disability (including PTSD, Depression, and Antisocial Personality Disorder)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 11, 2016
- Citation
- 1618933
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What this means for you
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for right ear hearing loss and a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss, finding that there was no evidence to support these claims based on in-service noise exposure or other theories.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to errors in obtaining service treatment records and verifying the Veteran's periods of active duty for training (ADT) and inactive duty for training (IDT). The claim will be reconsidered with these issues addressed.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted a TDIU with a September 19, 2024 effective date based on his PTSD, emphysema, and COPD symptoms. His diabetes, tinnitus, and left ear hearing loss were not found to prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation prior to March 19, 2024.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation prior to August 31, 2020.
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