The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD has been reopened and granted. Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically mood disorder, is also granted as secondary to the service-connected tinnitus and residuals of hernia operation. The rating for left inguinal scar remains at 10 percent, but the Veteran's appeal for a higher rating is remanded. Tinnitus continues to be rated at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The new evidence received since the last denial in November 1999 established that the Veteran had experienced stressful events during service and raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating his claim for PTSD. The acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically mood disorder, was found to be secondary to the service-connected tinnitus and residuals of hernia operation.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (Mood Disorder)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19126403
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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Granted
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- Granted
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