The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and MDD was reopened due to new evidence, and the Board has now granted service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: New evidence supported by lay statements and VA treatment records established an in-service stressor related to military sexual trauma, which led to current psychiatric disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2018
- Citation
- 18141615
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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.
What you can do next
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