The Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date, service connection for skin disorder and PTSD, as well as service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder were denied. The claim for a right wrist disability was granted with a 10% rating effective August 17, 2012.
The deciding factor: There was no factual ascertainable worsening of the Veteran's symptoms in the one-year period prior to August 17, 2012, and there is insufficient evidence to establish that his right wrist disability caused or aggravated any other service-connected conditions. The claim for PTSD was reopened but not substantiated.
- Claimed conditions
- Right wrist disability, Skin disorder to include seborrheic dermatitis and rash on the face, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20010537
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