The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a chip fracture of the right jaw, an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and depressive disorder), and joint pains including back and knees has been granted. The rating assigned is 10 percent for residuals of a right hand injury with fracture of the 5th metacarpal and degenerative arthritis of multiple metacarpal interphalangeal joints.
The deciding factor: The additional evidence received since the May 2005 rating decision raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating that claim, indicating new diagnoses or findings not previously considered in previous decisions.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and depressive disorder, Joint pains, including back and knees, Residuals of a chip fracture of the right jaw
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19139329
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,421 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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