The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as an unspecified trauma and stressor disorder, is granted service connection because it is at least as likely as not related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the Veteran’s current unspecified trauma and stressor disorder was at least as likely as not related to his in-service symptoms, considering the presence of combat exposure and a clinical nexus.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified trauma and stressor disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19182493
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
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