The Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, was granted. The claim for service connection for PTSD is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted by the Veteran related to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim (a current disability), but did not establish a nexus between the claimed in-service stressors and his psychiatric disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19112116
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Decisions by this judge: 2,776 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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