The Board granted the application to reopen the claim of service connection for mental disorder, granted an initial disability rating of 60 percent for pseudofolliculitis barbae, and granted service connection for unspecified depressive disorder and unspecified trauma and stressor disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the September 2016 rating decision raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of service connection for mental disorder, and the Veteran's symptoms more nearly approximated constant or near-constant systemic therapy such as corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive drugs.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety, depression, flashbacks, nightmares, night sweats, dreams, pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as unspecified depressive disorder and unspecified trauma and stressor disorder, syphilis, herpes
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- January 6, 2022
- Citation
- 22000699
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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- Partly granted
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