The Veteran's post traumatic stress disorder is etiologically related to his service in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The evidence establishes a credible in-service stressor, a current diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder, and a link between the condition and the in-service experience.
- Claimed conditions
- post traumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2009
- Citation
- 0909455
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 as there was no credible evidence to support his claimed in-service stressors.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination to assess the current severity of the Veteran's PTSD.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development of evidence regarding the veteran's claimed stressor and a VA examination.
- Denied
The Veteran's death was not due to a service-connected disability, and he did not meet the criteria for dependency and indemnity compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318.
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