The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, has been reopened and granted.,Service connection for diabetes to include as secondary to a service-connected condition (an acquired psychiatric disorder) is denied.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's symptoms of other specified trauma and stressor related disorder were at least as likely as not caused by his military experiences, including exposure to the USS John F. Kennedy collision.
- Claimed conditions
- Other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, Diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2020
- Citation
- 20052295
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for payment or reimbursement of ambulance travel expenses incurred on June 17, 2025 due to an emergency heart attack. The ambulance service was provided by a volunteer organization and later intercepted by a higher-tier EMT company.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for PTSD, and found that service connection is granted for major depressive disorder and other specified trauma and stressor related disorders.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, is related to her military service. As a result, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is granted.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's other specified trauma and stressor related disorder is granted an increased rating to 70 percent, but no higher. The decision does not address service connection theory or exposure basis.
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