The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted.,The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded to allow for further development.
The deciding factor: Service connection has been granted due to herbicide agent exposure.,Further evidence is needed to determine the nature and cause of the Veteran's conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- pituitary brain tumor, muscle loss associated with pituitary brain tumor, optic nerve condition associated with pituitary brain tumor, chronic fatigue associated with pituitary brain tumor, adrenal gland condition associated with pituitary brain tumor, thyroid condition associated with pituitary brain tumor, testosterone condition associated with pituitary brain tumor, acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD and depression
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2018
- Citation
- 18115561
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several service connection claims due to the need for additional records from Social Security Administration (SSA). The appellant is the surviving spouse of the Veteran who served in active military from October 1962 to December 1964.
- Granted
The Board of Veterans' Appeals has granted service connection for PTSD and Mood Disorders, both presumed conditions under the PACT Act.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction was denied as the evidence did not show that he had been diagnosed and manifested to at least a 10 percent disability rating on or prior to May 8, 2001.
- Granted
Service connection for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is granted. The appeal as to the issue of entitlement to service connection for erectile dysfunction is dismissed.
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