The Board has granted service connection for PTSD, finding that the veteran's allegations of a personal assault during an in-service gynecological examination are credible and supported by evidence. The residuals of a right knee injury claim is not addressed as it does not involve allegations of combat or being a prisoner-of-war.
The deciding factor: The Board found the veteran's account of the in-service stressful incident to be credible, corroborated by her service treatment records, statements from a fellow service member, and her own testimony. The VA psychiatrist provided a diagnosis of PTSD secondary to military sexual trauma (gynecological examination).
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2008
- Citation
- 0842116
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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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