The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and remanded the claims for a headache disability, skin disability, mouth sores, and vision disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PTSD was found to be etiologically related to his active service based on the February 2025 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (claimed as depression and anxiety), Headache disability, Skin disability, Mouth sores, Vision disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25046312
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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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
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