The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, specific phobia disorder, depressive disorder, and an unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder. The issue of service connection for hypertension is remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's reported in-service stressors are consistent with his military service, and the evidence supports a finding that he has experienced psychiatric symptoms since service.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Specific Phobia Disorder, Depressive Disorder, Unspecified Trauma and Stressor Related Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2020
- Citation
- 20040162
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to December 27, 2019 for the grant of service connection for PTSD was denied as there is no earlier claim document in the claims file and the Veteran did not timely perfect an appeal.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for PTSD has been dismissed as the claim was granted and effective from February 22, 2023.
- Granted
The Veteran's psychiatric disorder, specifically depressive disorder, is rated at 70 percent effective from August 3, 2021. The claim for a higher rating remains denied.
- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD is granted as a result of military sexual trauma (MST) that occurred during service. The Board found the Veteran's testimony and supporting evidence credible, including her VA and private treatment records.
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