The Board has determined that the Veteran's psychiatric disability, specifically his unspecified trauma related disorder, is related to service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The November 2014 VA psychiatrist found a nexus between the Veteran's reported stressor in service and his current psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder not otherwise specified (NOS), unspecified trauma related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2015
- Citation
- 1513110
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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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