The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder including PTSD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are causally related to a service stressor and pain from his service-connected orthopedic disorders. The issue of entitlement to total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's diagnosed acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, are causally related to a service stressor and pain from his service-connected orthopedic disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder including PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19164487
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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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- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was dismissed as there is no remaining case or controversy for adjudication.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining a medical opinion and associating relevant treatment records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration, including a VA examination to address the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD and an acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, burns to the upper extremities, loss of sensation to extremities, and hypertension have all been denied. The claim for hypertension is remanded for an addendum opinion regarding herbicide exposure.
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