The Board granted service connection for liver cancer and hypertension, reopened and denied service connection for COPD, erectile dysfunction, skin condition, and eye disorder, and remanded the claims for further development.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on a low threshold of new and material evidence or direct service connection. For liver cancer, it was also considered secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Erectile Dysfunction, Liver Cancer, Skin Condition, Eye Disorder, Hypertension, Metallic Fragment in the Tissue Over the Left Mandible
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23001459
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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and hypertension, to include as secondary to left orchiectomy, for further development in accordance with the PACT Act.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for PTSD and COPD, while remanding other issues including entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, TDIU, and an initial rating for PTSD.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for asbestosis, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), rhinitis, sinusitis, and asthma. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was also denied a compensable rating.
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