The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, and insomnia, is granted on an accrued basis. Sleep apnea, hyperlipidemia, breathing problem disability, cervical disability, degeneration of the intervertebral disc, hypoglycemia, right elbow disability, left knee disability, chest pain disability, bilateral blepharitis, bilateral senile cataracts, dry eyes, and vision problems are all denied on an accrued basis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability was found to be related to his service, meeting the criteria for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, insomnia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20003518
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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