The Veteran's recurrent skin lesions and PTSD with depressive disorder NOS have been granted service connection, and the Veteran has also received a 50% disability rating for his PTSD.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on new evidence submitted by the Veteran. The Veteran's PTSD symptoms were found to meet criteria for a 50% disability rating under the General Rating Formula for Mental Disorders (Mental Disorders Formula).
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent skin lesions, PTSD with depressive disorder NOS
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- September 22, 2017
- Citation
- 1741528
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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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- Granted
The Veteran's petition to reopen the previously denied claim for service connection for arthritis of both feet is granted. The initial rating for PTSD with depressive disorder NOS remains at 50 percent.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection was not supported, and denied his request for a higher initial disability evaluation for PTSD with depressive disorder NOS.
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