The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened and are granted. The neck condition, vascular disease of both legs, and PTSD claims were denied due to lack of a link to service.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that relates the Veteran's claimed conditions to an in-service event involving alcohol use.
- Claimed conditions
- neck condition, vascular disease, left/right lower extremity (claimed as bilateral vascular vein condition, now claimed as bilateral leg condition), any acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2023
- Citation
- 23056146
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a neck condition and a low back condition, finding that the Veteran's current diagnoses are related to his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied readjudication of the previously denied claims for service connection for migraines and a neck condition because new evidence submitted after the November 2018 rating decision was not relevant to proving or disproving the Veteran's claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for neck and back conditions due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that a remand is necessary to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error prior to the October 2023 rating decision on appeal, and will readjudicate the claim after providing notice.
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