The Board has granted the Veteran's claims to reopen for service connection for major depressive disorder, PTSD, and bipolar disorder. The claim of entitlement to a compensable rating for avulsion of tip of the olecranon, left elbow is remanded. The claim of entitlement to a compensable rating for residuals of a fracture of the left leg is also remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran provided new and material evidence in the form of testimony at his DRO hearing, which addressed the issue of service connection for PTSD due to military sexual trauma experienced during basic training. This evidence was sufficient to reopen the claim for major depressive disorder and related psychiatric disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bipolar disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2018
- Citation
- 18124634
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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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