The Board has determined that the Veteran's PTSD was caused, at least in part, by a personal assault she suffered while on active duty and granted her claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's statements about her stressors have been consistent throughout the record and corroborated by her friends and family members who witnessed her symptoms post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with Depression
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2010
- Citation
- 1023914
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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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