The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was incurred in service and is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the veteran experienced traumatic events during his service and developed symptoms consistent with PTSD. The VA examinations supported this finding.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2004
- Citation
- 0426681
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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.
- Granted
The Board finds that the veteran's service medical records corroborate his reported stressors related to hospitalization for meningitis and appendectomy, leading to a diagnosis of PTSD. The Board grants service connection for PTSD as it is found to be directly related to service.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD and there is no evidence linking his current psychiatric disorder to service. The claim for service connection is denied.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's claim of service connection for PTSD is well-grounded and has been granted.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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