The Veteran's service-connected left elbow fragment tip is rated at 10 percent. Service connection for his left shoulder condition, bilateral eye conditions, hearing loss, hypertension, and lipomas are granted. The acquired psychiatric disability (to include PTSD, depression, and anxiety) is also granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found a causal relationship between the Veteran's current lipomas and service, as they were diagnosed during military service.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow fragment tip, left shoulder condition (long head biceps tenodesis with SLAP repair), bilateral eye condition (left eye corneal scar, and bilateral photophobia and emmetropia), hearing loss, hypertension, lipomas, left wrist carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), status post carpal tunnel release, right wrist CTS, status post carpal tunnel release, acquired psychiatric disability (to include PTSD, depression, and anxiety)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 9, 2016
- Citation
- 1642979
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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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