The petition to reopen a previously denied claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder is granted. The claim of service connection for hypertension as a residual of medications prescribed by VA is denied. The case is remanded for further development regarding the TDIU issue.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's current conditions, including his acquired psychiatric disorders and hypertension, are related to his service-connected acne keloidalis nuchae with folliculitis and scar, but not due to VA care. The risk of kidney damage from uncontrolled hypertension was one of the reasons for treating hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood and Chronic Anger, Hypertension, Impetigo Infection, Scalp Acne Keloidalis Nuchae with Folliculitis, Alopecia (Hair Loss), Dermatitis, Tendon Injury
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2022
- Citation
- 22035656
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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.
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- Granted
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