The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as PTSD due to military sexual trauma is granted. The claims for service connection for plantar synovial cyst and bilateral knee disorder are remanded. The claim for service connection for abdominal injury is also remanded.
The deciding factor: Service connection is granted based on new evidence that reopened the Veteran's claim, linking her PTSD to a military sexual trauma event during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD due to military sexual trauma), Plantar synovial cyst, Bilateral knee disorder, Abdominal injury
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2020
- Citation
- 20014562
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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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- Denied
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