The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD or an anxiety disorder, is found to be at least as likely as not related to his military service. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability is currently rated at the minimum level of 10 percent.
The deciding factor: Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was granted based on credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressor occurred and was consistent with the circumstances, conditions or hardships of his service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder, to include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Ear Disability manifested by earaches
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 16, 2016
- Citation
- 1647087
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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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