The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is related to an in-service event, specifically harassment by a noncommissioned officer. As such, the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was incurred in service and granted.
The deciding factor: PTSD is linked to a verified in-service stressor of harassment by a sergeant.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2005
- Citation
- 0504857
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, finding that new and material evidence supports the veteran's claim.
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