The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted, with effective dates of January 27, 2017. The conditions are related to her service-connected psychiatric disabilities.
The deciding factor: The diagnoses are secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD and MDD.
- Claimed conditions
- Female Sexual Arousal Disorder (FSAD), Loss of Use of a Creative Organ (SMC), Arthritis (claimed as Inflammatory Polyarthropathy), Neck Disability, Left Upper Extremity Radiculopathy, Right Upper Extremity Radiculopathy, Bilateral Foot Disability, Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) of the Left Lower Extremity, Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) of the Right Lower Extremity, Functional Dyspepsia (claimed as Gastritis), Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), Loss of Sense of Smell, Loss of Sense of Taste, Heart Disability, Pancreatitis, Ulcer, Loss of Sphincter Control, Varicose Veins, Seizure Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2024
- Citation
- 24017742
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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.
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