The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, is reopened and granted. The Veteran's visual field loss and TBI are each awarded initial ratings of 30 percent.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that supports a nexus between the Veteran’s current psychiatric conditions and his in-service head injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Emotions, Depressive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19100916
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.
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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