The Veteran's eligibility for VA educational assistance benefits under the Post-9/11 GI Bill is granted because she served on active duty and was discharged due to drug abuse, which is service-connected as secondary to her PTSD with depressive disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran meets the criteria for basic eligibility for Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits based on her service-connected PTSD with depressive disorder and her discharge due to drug abuse.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with depressive disorder, alcohol and cannabis use disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 4, 2020
- Citation
- 20051546
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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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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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