After considering all the evidence, including the Veteran's service records and post-service medical treatment, the Board finds that his current psychiatric disorders are related to his military service. Therefore, he is granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found a link between the Veteran's chronic adjustment disorder and stressors from his military service, including exposure to fires on ships and hearing catapults slam into the deck during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Adjustment Disorder, Other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2015
- Citation
- 1536733
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to errors in the AOJ's handling of the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder, and depression. The AOJ is required to verify the Veteran's claimed stressor and obtain medical opinions regarding the diagnoses and their relation to service.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's motion to reverse the March 2013 rating decision that denied service connection for PTSD was denied. A rating of 50 percent, and no higher, for other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder is granted effective December 29, 2022.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder, is related to her active duty service. This benefit sought on appeal is granted.
- Whole decision: Granted
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