The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and depression, is found to have first manifested during his active duty military service. Service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran’s current mental disabilities are at least as likely as not first manifested during his active duty military service and were aggravated by it.
- Claimed conditions
- an acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20064441
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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