The Veteran's claims have been reopened and are being remanded for further evaluation of his service connection claims, including PTSD, acquired psychiatric disorder, closed head injury, peripheral vestibular condition, headache disability, gastrointestinal disability, and scars of the head.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been submitted that relates to unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the Veteran's service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Vestibular Condition, Headache Disability, Eye Disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19178502
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and increased ratings, except for a granted 30 percent rating for headache disability.
- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is granted a 70 percent rating effective March 22, 2023. The other claims are remanded for further consideration.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a traumatic brain injury, and remanded claims for headaches, right knee osteoarthritis, and left knee osteoarthritis due to deficiencies in the previous medical opinions.
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