The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and granted service connection for other trauma and stressor related disorder and panic disorder. The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to service.
The deciding factor: The March 2017 private psychiatric examination provided a positive opinion linking the Veteran's symptoms to his military service, including frequent mortar attacks and alcohol consumption following his tour in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, Other trauma and stressor related disorder, Panic disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19164275
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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