The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including other specified trauma disorder and stressor related disorder, is found to be related to his active service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran’s acquired psychiatric disability was at least as likely as not related to his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified trauma disorder, stressor related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19108144
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 631 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Whole decision: Denied
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