The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including other specified trauma/stressor-related disorder and schizophrenia with other psychotic disorder, is considered service connected due to the connection between his military service and his reported stressors.
The deciding factor: A VA examiner provided an opinion linking the Veteran’s diagnosed psychiatric disability to his military service and in-service stressors.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified trauma/stressor-related disorder, schizophrenia with other psychotic disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18158942
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What this means for you
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