The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened and are granted. The new evidence includes diagnoses of PTSD, major depressive disorder, adjustment disorder, low back disorder, bilateral foot disorders (including flat feet and plantar fasciitis), and right hand disorders.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been submitted that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims for service connection, including new diagnoses of PTSD, major depressive disorder, adjustment disorder, low back disorder, bilateral foot disorders (including flat feet and plantar fasciitis), and right hand disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (to include PTSD, major depressive disorder, and adjustment disorder), Bilateral foot disorders to include flat feet and plantar fasciitis, Low back disorder, Right hand disorder (to include right middle finger and right thumb disorders)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19192310
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