The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is granted as service-connected, with the effective date set at January 23, 1977.,Service connection for verruca plantaris and left hand degenerative arthritis (left hand condition) are denied. Service connection for hepatitis C remains denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is linked to his service-connected conditions and the evidence supports this finding.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, Hepatitis C, Left hand degenerative arthritis (left hand condition), Verruca plantaris
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19154455
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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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