The Veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and unspecified anxiety disorder is granted. Service connection is also granted for the bilateral hand disability and sleep disorder claims.
The deciding factor: New evidence received after the denial of the original claim shows a current diagnosis of an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and unspecified anxiety disorder) related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral hand disability, sleep disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19133306
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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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