Granted
The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, hiatal hernia, and seizure disorder have been granted. The Veteran's fibromyalgia, chronic URIs, OSA, and diabetes mellitus are remanded for further examination.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s acquired psychiatric disorder is found to be secondary to his service-connected seizure disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (including Major Depressive Disorder and Anxiety Disorder)"}, {"condition_name":"Hiatal Hernia"}, {"condition_name":"Seizure Disorder"}, {"condition_name":"Fibromyalgia"}, {"condition_name":"Chronic Upper Respiratory Infections (URIs)"}, {"condition_name":"Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)"}, {"condition_name":"Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19130740
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.
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