The Board has granted service connection for PTSD with anxiety and Major Depressive Disorder with alcohol use disorder, finding that the Veteran's current psychiatric disabilities are at least as likely as not related to his in-service stressor events. The disability is rated noncompensable.
The deciding factor: Nexus opinions supported by clinical evidence linked the Veteran’s acquired psychiatric disabilities to his service-connected stressors.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with anxiety, Major Depressive Disorder with alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- October 9, 2018
- Citation
- 18140951
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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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