The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and major depressive disorder. The Veteran's bilateral leg/knee disorder is not service-connected.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s current diagnoses of PTSD and major depressive disorder are related to his experiences in service, which included racial riots and threats from other soldiers.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral leg/knee disorder, acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD and major depressive disorder)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19143039
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Decisions by this judge: 1,836 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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