The Board granted the Veteran's application to reopen his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder based on new and material evidence, and remanded that claim along with the keratinization skin disorders claim for further development. The Board denied service connection for bilateral upper and lower extremity neuropathy and deep severe pain of the whole body, finding the Veteran did not serve in Vietnam or Desert Storm as claimed and lacked competent and credible evidence linking these conditions to service.
The deciding factor: The Board found the Veteran's service personnel records credible evidence that he served only from April 1965 to July 1965 during recruit training with an honorable discharge, and therefore rejected his testimony regarding Vietnam and Desert Storm service, denying presumptive service connection claims for Agent Orange exposure while reopening the PTSD claim due to newly submitted testimony about in-service stressors in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD), left upper extremity neuropathy, right upper extremity neuropathy, left lower extremity neuropathy, right lower extremity neuropathy, deep severe pain of the whole body, keratinization skin disorders of the feet
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20065076
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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