The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric condition other than PTSD is granted. The claim for service connection for PTSD is denied. The Board also found that the Veteran has a neck disability and remanded the case to obtain additional evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran met the diagnostic criteria for 'Other Specified Trauma and Stressor Related Disorder' and that this condition was more likely than not related to in-service stressors, including observing the death of his civilian colleague. The Board also noted that there were no current diagnoses of PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, Neck disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19188020
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What this means for you
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