The Board has granted the Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection of an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, GAD, and MDD. The rating assigned is 50 percent for pansinusitis prior to April 8, 2015, and 30 percent thereafter. The Veteran also meets the criteria for a TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The new evidence submitted by the Veteran relates to unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, GAD, and MDD. This includes diagnoses from a separate physician relating these conditions to service. The Veteran's testimony also supports this finding.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD, GAD, and MDD), Pansinusitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 6, 2018
- Citation
- 1807641
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for separate evaluation of headaches is being remanded due to a duty to assist error. The Board will obtain an addendum medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's headaches are a separate condition from his service-connected pansinusitis.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for earlier effective dates on all issues related to his service-connected conditions.
- Denied
For the period prior to June 4, 2024, the Veteran's PTSD was rated at 70 percent.,From June 4, 2024 onwards, a higher rating for PTSD is denied. The Veteran also received an effective date of December 29, 2021, for TDIU and DEA.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an initial rating greater than 70 percent for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, granted TDIU from January 8, 2020 to June 19, 2022, and granted DEA benefits effective the same date.
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