The Veteran's anxiety, nervousness, and sleep disturbances are considered part of his service-connected PTSD. Service connection is granted for TBI but denied for other conditions including arthritis, skin cancer, jaw disability, residuals of parasitic worms, and liver disability.
The deciding factor: PTSD was found to encompass the claimed symptoms of anxiety, nervousness, and sleep disturbance (other than sleep apnea).
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety, nervousness, sleep disturbances (other than sleep apnea), arthritis, skin cancer, jaw disability, residuals of parasitic worms, liver disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19177479
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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