The Board has granted service connection for unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are related to his in-service exposure. The condition is rated at its highest possible level (100%) due to its severity.
The deciding factor: The VA psychologist opined that the Veteran’s unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder was related to a specific in-service stressor of explosives exposure during annual training in May 1998, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, MDD (recurrent, moderate)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2020
- Citation
- A20015148
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) but denied service connection for PTSD and a higher rating for the unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder/major depressive disorder/insomnia.
- Granted
The Board granted an increased initial rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and an unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and obstructive sleep apnea to the RO for further development, including verification of in-service stressors and a new VA examination.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder and unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder. The issues of entitlement to service connection for migraine headaches, OSA, and TDIU were remanded.
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