The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder and a thoracolumbar spine disability, but denied service connection for gastrointestinal disorder, left shoulder disability, cervical spine disability, and remanded the issues of initial rating higher than 20 percent for left shoulder disability and initial rating higher than 10 percent for cervical spine disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's psychiatric disorders were diagnosed during service and are presumed to be related to his military service due to his deployment in Iraq where he experienced combat-related stressors. The thoracolumbar spine disability is also presumed to be related to his military service as it had its onset during service.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder, anxiety disorder, adjustment disorder, overanxious disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19184384
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
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