The claim for service connection for a dental disability to include treatment purposes only is remanded.,The issues of service connection for skin, eye, and lumbosacral spine disabilities are remanded due to the need for VA examinations and additional medical records.,The issue of service connection for prostate disability is remanded.,The issues of service connection for hypertension, thyroid disability, and sleep disorder (sleep apnea) are remanded.,The issues of effective date prior to December 12, 1989, for PTSD; initial rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD; and retroactive VA compensation benefits are remanded.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been received that raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection for a dental disability.,The Veteran's period of active service is now considered honorable, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection for a dental disability.,An elevated cholesterol level alone does not represent a recurrent disability for which VA compensation may be granted.,VA clinical records do not show any skin or eye disabilities during service and the Veteran's presumed exposure to herbicide agents in Vietnam is not addressed by the VA examination report.,The Veteran has not been provided with a VA examination addressing his prostate disability, hypertension, thyroid disability, and sleep disorder (sleep apnea).,VA clinical records do not show any evidence of PTSD prior to December 12, 1989, which is when the character of service was determined to be dishonorable.,The Veteran's period of active service was initially erroneously found to be dishonorable for VA purposes and he was insane at the time of his in-service assault on a superior officer.
- Claimed conditions
- high cholesterol, skin disability (tinea pedis, psoriasis), eye disability (glaucoma, farsightedness), lumbosacral spine disability (degenerative disc disease, arthritis), prostate disability, hypertension, thyroid disability, sleep disorder (sleep apnea)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19169084
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What this means for you
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