The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is granted service connection. The effective date for this grant is March 31, 2014.,Service connection for CAD and diabetes mellitus is denied as the earliest evidence of these conditions was received after March 31, 2014.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is related to his service due to combat stressors. The effective date is assigned based on the date of receipt of the claim.,The earliest evidence of CAD and diabetes mellitus was received after March 31, 2014. No earlier effective dates are assignable.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Acquired Psychiatric Disorder","diagnosis_date":null,"diagnosis_source":"Private psychologist"}, {"condition_name":"Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)","diagnosis_date":"2013-05-08","diagnosis_source":"VA examination report"}, {"condition_name":"Diabetes Mellitus, Type II","diagnosis_date":"2013-05-08","diagnosis_source":"VA examination report"}, {"condition_name":"Right Upper Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy","diagnosis_date":null,"diagnosis_source":"Private treatment records from Dr. A.S."}, {"condition_name":"Right Lower Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy, Sciatic Nerve","diagnosis_date":null,"diagnosis_source":"Private treatment records from Dr. A.S."}, {"condition_name":"Right Lower Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy, Femoral Nerve","diagnosis_date":null,"diagnosis_source":"Private treatment records from Dr. A.S."}, {"condition_name":"Hypertension","diagnosis_date":null,"diagnosis_source":"Outpatient treatment records from Gainesville VAMC"}, {"condition_name":"Cerebral Infarction (Stroke)","diagnosis_date":null,"diagnosis_source":"Private treatment records from Dr. A.S."}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19115867
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What this means for you
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