The Board finds that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and schizoaffective disorder, is reasonably attributable to service due to aggravation of any pre-existing conditions.
The deciding factor: The clinical records show a worsening of the veteran's mental health problems in and since service, with evidence suggesting aggravation of any pre-service condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0615839
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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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