The Veteran's claim for service connection for HIV and an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and a depressive disorder NOS with features of PTSD, has been reopened and granted.
The deciding factor: New evidence provided by the Veteran, including statements from friends and family, raised doubt about the initial denial of service connection for HIV. The VA psychologist's opinion supported the claim that the Veteran’s acquired psychiatric disorder is related to his in-service MST.
- Claimed conditions
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (including PTSD and Depressive Disorder NOS with features of PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 11, 2020
- Citation
- 20032850
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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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- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for treatment purposes only for PTSD and remanded the claim of service connection for treatment purposes only for HIV.
- Granted
The Veteran is found to be eligible for enrollment in the PCAFC program due to his severe and complex medical conditions, which require personal care services.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran contracted HIV during his active duty service and grants entitlement to service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for HIV and rhabdomyolysis due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's active duty from April 1987 to August 1987. The Board found no current chronic disability, no in-service event, injury, or disease, and no link between a current disability and service.
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