The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD is at least as likely as not related to her active military service, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition. The right knee osteoarthritis is also found to be at least as likely as not incurred in service.
The deciding factor: The VA clinical psychologists provided consistent diagnoses of PTSD secondary to MST and diagnosed the Veteran with right knee osteoarthritis that was at least as likely as not related to her active military service, including her period of Army Reserve service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD, Right knee osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- August 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19166145
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Decisions by this judge: 2,077 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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