The Board has granted the Veteran's request to reopen his finally disallowed claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression. The issue of service connection for bilateral flat foot is dismissed. Other claims are remanded.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the final denial supports a link between the Veteran's current psychiatric condition and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral flat foot, acquired psychiatric disorder (including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19144643
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 effective date of January 22, 1994, for the award of service connection for bilateral flat foot.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of November 12, 2020, for the initial rating of 50 percent for bilateral flat foot.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew all pending claims as he has an overall 100 percent disability rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including bilateral flat foot, left and right knee disorders, left leg disorder, right hip disorder, prostate disorder, lower back disorder, and bilateral lower extremity neuropathy/radiculopathy, to cure pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
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