New and material evidence has been received to reopen the previously denied claim of service connection for lumbosacral strain.,The Veteran's PTSD is related to his military service. The examiner should provide an opinion on whether ED was aggravated by his acquired psychiatric disability.,Service connection is granted for PTSD, but no rating assigned as it is presumed due to in-service personal assault.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been received that raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection for lumbosacral strain.,The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability (PTSD) is related to his military service, and it is at least as likely as not that ED was aggravated by this condition.,Service connection is presumed due to in-service personal assault.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain, anxiety disorder, other specified trauma- and stressor-related disorder (PTSD), ed (erectile dysfunction), migraines, seizure disorder (also claimed as epilepsy), sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2021
- Citation
- 21065690
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