The Board has granted service connection for PTSD based on new and material evidence that the veteran's in-service stressor, witnessing dead Iraqi soldiers during his deployment to the Persian Gulf, is related to his current diagnosis of PTSD.
The deciding factor: The evidence includes a verified in-service stressor and a medical opinion linking the veteran's PTSD to this event.
- Claimed conditions
- post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0904439
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
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