The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as other specified trauma or stressor-related disorder, finding that the Veteran's current psychiatric impairment is at least as likely as not incurred in active service.
The deciding factor: The expert medical evidence attributes all of the Veteran’s current psychiatric impairment to the diagnosis of other specified trauma or stressor-related disorder, which was at least as likely as not incurred in active service.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified trauma or stressor-related disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20000567
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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- Dismissed
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