The Board found credible supporting evidence of claimed stressors during military service that support the diagnosis of PTSD, and granted the veteran's claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board concluded that the veteran had experienced combat-related stressors in Southwest Asia theater of operations which supported a diagnosis of PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2004
- Citation
- 0401840
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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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