The Board has granted service connection for acquired psychiatric disability including PTSD effective May 15, 2007, finding that the Veteran had service-connected psychiatric disability at the time of his claim.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran had service-connected acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD) as of the date of his claim on May 15, 2007.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disability including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19144263
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