The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is service-connected due to a sexual assault during service, and tuberculosis was not incurred or aggravated by service. The claim for residuals of a head injury will be addressed in a separate remand.
The deciding factor: PTSD was diagnosed based on credible corroborating evidence of the veteran being sexually assaulted during service, with supporting statements from his ex-spouse and VA clinicians.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (PTSD), Tuberculosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0622274
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