A 70 percent rating for PTSD is granted as of June 5, 2014.,Service connection for PFB is granted.,Service connection for Sleep Apnea and Erectile Dysfunction due to PTSD is granted.,Service connection for Tinnitus is remanded.,Service connection for Type II Diabetes Mellitus (DMII) is remanded.,Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) is remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PTSD more closely approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood.,PFB was incurred in his active duty service.,The Veteran has a diagnosis of SA and ED which are related to his service connected PTSD.,There is no evidence indicating that the tinnitus had onset in service or within one year following separation from service. The examiner should provide an opinion as to whether it is at least as likely as not (50 percent or greater probability) that the Veteran’s tinnitus was causally related to service.,The Veteran's STRs show diagnosis and treatment for DMII while in-service, and there is no evidence of pre-service onset. The examiner must opine whether it is at least as likely as not (50 percent or greater probability) that the Veteran’s diabetes was incurred in, or due to, his service.,The issues are remanded.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Pseudofolliculitis Barbae (PFB), Sleep Apnea (SA) related to PTSD, Erectile Dysfunction (ED) related to PTSD
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20065623
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