The Board has granted service connection for PTSD with psychotic features, effective February 12, 2007. The Veteran's claim was reopened based on new evidence submitted after the original denial in November 2007.
The deciding factor: The March 2016 private psychiatrist provided a compelling opinion that the Veteran's complex PTSD with psychotic features is related to both his childhood trauma and an in-service assault, leading to the grant of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with psychotic features
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19188351
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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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