The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, finding that the Veteran's consistent reports regarding in-service stressors are credible and supported by evidence in his military service treatment records. The Board also found a nexus between the diagnosed condition and the in-service stressor.
The deciding factor: The Board assigned more weight to the medical nexus opinion provided by E.Z., Psy.D., which concluded that the Veteran's current diagnosis of PTSD is due to the in-service sexual assault, and found that the Veteran's consistent reports regarding in-service stressors are credible and supported by evidence in his military service treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2022
- Citation
- A22026252
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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.
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