The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder and granted it. The new evidence submitted since the May 1995 decision supports the reopening of the claim.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim, which is sufficient to grant the claim as the Board has now found that the veteran's claimed in-service stressors have been verified.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic-stress-disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0602497
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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as there was no credible supporting evidence to verify the claimed in-service stressors.
- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Board found no current diagnosis of asbestosis and denied the claim for service connection for asbestosis. The issue of PTSD was remanded due to insufficient evidence.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's post-traumatic stress disorder is reasonably attributable to service, and thus grants entitlement to service connection.
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