The Veteran's TDIU for unspecified trauma-related disorder with adjustment disorder and mixed anxious and depressed mood is granted, effective from April 19, 2017. Service connection for myotonia congenita is denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection was reopened on new evidence provided by the Veteran regarding his diagnosis of myotonia congenita.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified trauma-related disorder with adjustment disorder, mixed anxious and depressed mood, myotonia congenita
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 9, 2022
- Citation
- 22062946
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service connection claims for myotonia congenita and adjustment disorder with depression and anxiety are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for myotonia congenita and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including a VA examination.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for psoriasis, arthritis, and myotonia congenita. The evidence did not show that these conditions were incurred or aggravated during a period of active duty for training.,Service connection was not granted as the Veteran's skin condition, arthritis, and myotonia congenita are considered direct service connections rather than presumptive or secondary to other conditions.
- Denied
The Board determined that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen the claims for service connection of anxiety reaction and myotonia congenita, thus denying these claims.
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