The Veteran's Other Specified Trauma and Stressor-related Disorder is granted service connection, while his other psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD) remains denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner diagnosed the Veteran with Other Specified Trauma and Stressor-related Disorder based on his Gulf War experiences handling mail and packages, which met the criteria for this diagnosis under DSM-5.
- Claimed conditions
- Other Specified Trauma and Stressor-related Disorder, Psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2018
- Citation
- 18137670
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What this means for you
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for an Other Specified Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorder (claimed as PTSD and MDD), finding that the Veteran's current condition is at least as likely as not related to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of PTSD and therefore, service connection for PTSD is denied. The issues of service connection for OSA and a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD are remanded due to incomplete development.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD) has been reopened, and she is granted service connection for her current psychiatric disorder. Service connection for PTSD was denied due to lack of verified in-service stressors.
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