The Veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder is granted. However, the claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus is denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for PTSD based on credible evidence of an in-service personal assault and traumatic gas chamber experience. Diabetes mellitus was not shown to be related to service or due to herbicide exposure as claimed by the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic-stress-disorder, diabetes-mellitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2022
- Citation
- 22065008
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been received to readjudicate the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, which was previously denied. The Veteran's VA provider provided additional stressor information in June 2022, leading to a remand for further verification of these stressors.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as there was no credible supporting evidence that either claimed in-service stressor actually occurred.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not meet the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD and finds no evidence linking any current acquired psychiatric disorder to service. Therefore, service connection is denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for PTSD and hypertension have been dismissed as withdrawn during a Board hearing. The claim of residuals of hepatitis C has not been reopened due to lack of new and material evidence.
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