The Veteran's application to reopen the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety disorder, and adjustment disorder with depressed mood is granted. The claim for marijuana dependence is also granted.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been submitted that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) and marijuana dependence.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (including PTSD, Anxiety Disorder, Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood), Marijuana Dependence
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19129304
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.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial evaluation of 70 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, anxiety disorder, and major depression.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an initial compensable rating for migraines and remanded the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include an anxiety disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, as there was no current diagnosis of PTSD and the evidence did not support a link between any diagnosed condition and her military service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including MDD, anxiety disorder, alcohol use disorder, cannabis use disorder, cocaine use disorder, and opiate use disorder, but denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.
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