The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was denied. Service connection for kidney disease was granted. Other claims for increased ratings and compensable disability ratings were all denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection could not be established for the claimed acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD) as there was no diagnosis of PTSD or any other acquired psychiatric disability found in the record. The Veteran's kidney disease was determined to be secondary to service-connected ischemic heart disease/atherosclerosis, but service connection was granted based on a finding that all reasonable doubt should be resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (to include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)), Kidney Disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20025462
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU rating based on depressive disorder is granted from October 17, 2018 to March 26, 2019. SMC at the housebound rate is also granted prior to March 26, 2019.
- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD is related to service and the claim for service connection has been granted. The claims of entitlement to service connection for hypertension, CAD, GERD, kidney disease, sarcoidosis, and OSA are remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's appeals to reverse the severance of service connection for hypertension and kidney disease, finding that there is evidence indicating these conditions are at least as likely as not secondary to his service-connected hypertension.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for bilateral hearing loss, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, and service connection for kidney disease to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
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