The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorder. The back pain, sleep problems/sleep apnea, and left shoulder pain issues were remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder was related to his military service due to stressors during Desert Shield/Desert Storm deployment.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, anxiety, adjustment disorder, back pain, sleep problems/sleep apnea, left shoulder pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2024
- Citation
- 24000363
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to ensure a proper examination and etiology opinion are provided.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied increased ratings for right shoulder impingement syndrome, hearing loss, painful scar, patellofemoral pain syndromes of the knees, and other conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded for further development and consideration of the Veteran's claims for service connection for various acquired psychiatric disorders.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including back pain, knee and wrist joint pains, neck pain, anxiety, depression, as further development is needed to properly adjudicate these claims.
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