The Veteran's paruresis, a condition that began during active service, is granted as service-connected.
The deciding factor: The Board found the Veteran's statements credible and established that his diagnosed paruresis began during service and has been recurrent since then.
- Claimed conditions
- paruresis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2024
- Citation
- A24060958
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for paruresis has been dismissed due to his death.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's paruresis did not exist prior to service and was not aggravated by active service, nor is it secondary to service-connected PTSD. The claim for service connection was denied.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's paruresis existed prior to service and was not aggravated by service. The condition is considered a pre-existing disorder.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a back injury has been reopened and granted. The Board found that the preponderance of evidence demonstrated that his back injury had its onset in or was otherwise attributable to service, granting him service connection.
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