The Board granted service connection for alcohol use disorder and duodenal ulcer, both as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected other specified trauma stressor related disorder with schizoaffective disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a nexus between the Veteran's alcohol use disorder and his service-connected psychiatric conditions, and between his duodenal ulcer and his service-connected alcohol abuse disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- alcohol use disorder, duodenal ulcer
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 11, 2023
- Citation
- 23001936
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.
What you can do next
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