The Board has granted service connection for a psychiatric disability other than PTSD from September 16, 2014. The appeal seeking service connection for a dental disability is dismissed.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the Veteran's in-service stressors and his current diagnosis of a psychiatric disability categorized as other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with features of PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric disability other than PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19178168
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for PTSD, a psychiatric disability other than PTSD, nerve damage, and sleep disturbance. The Board also denied an increased rating for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability other than PTSD and an increased rating for PTSD prior to March 18, 2022. The claims for GERD and hypertension were remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for PTSD, a psychiatric disability other than PTSD, sleep apnea, gastrointestinal disabilities, sexual dysfunction, and fibromyalgia as there was no competent evidence to show that these conditions were caused by or aggravated by the Veteran's active service.
- Dismissed
The Board denied the Veteran's applications to reopen claims for service connection for PTSD and a psychiatric disability other than PTSD, as new and material evidence was not received.
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