The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 10 percent for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with alcohol use disorder, as well as an effective date prior to December 9, 2016, has been dismissed.,Service connection for glioblastoma, which is presumed due to herbicide exposure during service, has been granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's glioblastoma was found to be related to his service in the Gulf War and thus presumptively connected to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with alcohol use disorder, glioblastoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19142673
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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The Board granted service connection for glioblastoma under the PACT Act and a temporary total evaluation based on surgery.
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The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, concluding that glioblastoma was at least as likely as not related to herbicide exposure during active service in Vietnam.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, diagnosed as other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with alcohol use disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his glioblastoma was related to his presumed exposure to herbicides during service in Vietnam.
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