The petition to reopen the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is granted. The claims for prostate cancer, kidney disability, and seizure disorder are denied. A 30 percent rating is granted for headaches from March 16, 2009 to April 23, 2015.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's petition to reopen the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was successful due to new evidence related to a unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim (a nexus between current depression and service). The claims for prostate cancer, kidney disability, and seizure disorder were denied as there is no credible evidence suggesting these conditions are related to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as depression), Prostate cancer, Kidney disability, Seizure disorder, Headaches, Lumbar spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2018
- Citation
- 18145734
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's headaches, which manifested as very frequent and prolonged attacks causing severe economic inadaptability, are granted a 50 percent disability rating for the entire period on appeal.
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