The Board has determined that the Veteran's service connection claim for PTSD is granted based on a verified in-service stressor related to his Gulf War service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran met the criteria for PTSD and there was sufficient evidence of a verified in-service stressor related to his Gulf War service.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1015160
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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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