The Board has granted service connection for PTSD with psychotic features, effective February 12, 2007. The Veteran's condition is characterized as complex PTSD with psychotic features.
The deciding factor: The March 2016 private psychiatrist provided a compelling opinion that the Veteran's medical history and symptoms are best explained by the development of complex PTSD manifesting with psychosis due to in-service stressors, including an alleged assault by his training sergeant.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with psychotic features
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19188351
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Decisions by this judge: 2,374 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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