The Veteran's claims for spinal disability, acne, and acquired psychiatric disability have been reopened due to new and material evidence.,Service connection is granted for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability (PTSD and Schizoaffective Disorder, Depressive Type).
The deciding factor: New medical opinions provided by private physicians established a link between the Veteran's current conditions and his military service or exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Spinal Disability","type":"Degenerative Arthritis"}, {"condition_name":"Acne","type":"Chloracne (likely due to Agent Orange exposure)"}, {"condition_name":"Acquired Psychiatric Disability","type":"PTSD and Schizoaffective Disorder, Depressive Type"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19166596
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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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