The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD with major depressive disorder and panic disorder, is found to be related to service. The diagnosis of PTSD was not met due to the number of avoidance or numbing symptoms, but the stressors were deemed sufficient for a diagnosis of PTSD.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's identified stressors met the DSM-IV stressor criterion and provided evidence of exposure to war zone conditions and witnessing severe human suffering. However, the Veteran did not meet the criteria for PTSD based on psychometric data.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder NOS, PTSD with major depressive disorder and panic disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 12, 2010
- Citation
- 1030287
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