The Board granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) and a 10 percent disability rating for right knee DJD, effective from the date of the decision. The Court remanded the case to consider whether there was any in-service stressor related to his psychiatric condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's diagnoses were supported by credible evidence, including service personnel records and private psychological evaluations that linked his symptoms to his in-service stressor event.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD with depressive disorder), Degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 11, 2015
- Citation
- 1510198
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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.
What you can do next
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