The Veteran's claims for hypertension and an acquired psychiatric disorder have been reopened, with the latter being recharacterized as a claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability to include anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Service connection has been granted for tinnitus.,Service connection is remanded for various conditions including hypertension, an acquired psychiatric disorder (anxiety, depression, PTSD), sleep apnea, prostate disability due to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, a skin condition of the stomach, head disability (headaches), coronary artery disease, strokes, enlarged kidney due to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, both hands locking up, gout of the right and left foot, knot under the right cheek, sea sickness, and sleep disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims for hypertension and an acquired psychiatric disorder have been reopened based on new evidence showing diagnoses in service and post-service. Service connection has been granted for tinnitus due to noise exposure in service.,Service connection is remanded as the Board finds that there are insufficient opinions regarding the etiology of various conditions, including hypertension, an acquired psychiatric disorder (anxiety, depression, PTSD), sleep apnea, prostate disability due to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, a skin condition of the stomach, head disability (headaches), coronary artery disease, strokes, enlarged kidney due to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, both hands locking up, gout of the right and left foot, knot under the right cheek, sea sickness, and sleep disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, anxiety, depression, PTSD, sleep apnea, a skin condition of the stomach, tinnitus, a head disability (headaches), a prostate disability (BPH), a skin condition of the hands, neck disability, back disability, coronary artery disease, strokes, an enlarged kidney due to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, both hands locking up, gout of the right and left foot, a condition claimed as knot under the right cheek, sea sickness, a sleep disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2022
- Citation
- 22069038
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