The Board has granted the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as PTSD, finding that it is due to in-service experiences and/or his service-connected gastrointestinal disability.
The deciding factor: A medical expert opined that the veteran's current acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD) is either due to service or a service-connected gastrointestinal disability (globus hystericus).
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD), Globus hystericus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2003
- Citation
- 0326533
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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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