The Veteran's psychiatric disability, diagnosed as Other Trauma and Stressor Related Disorder, is found to be related to his service experiences. The Board granted the claim after resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s current psychiatric disability is due to in-service stressors, including harassment during Officer Candidate School and the death of a friend while in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Other Trauma and Stressor Related Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20028480
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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.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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