The Board has determined that the Veteran's unspecified trauma/stressor-related disorder is related to his active duty service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found it at least as likely as not that the Veteran's diagnosed unspecified trauma/stressor-related disorder incurred in or was caused by the claimed in-service event, which included witnessing a plane crash and experiencing a blimp being blown up while he was sleeping.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified trauma/stressor-related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2022
- Citation
- 22046527
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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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- Dismissed
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- Granted
The Veteran is entitled to a disability rating of 70 percent for unspecified trauma/stressor-related disorder and TDIU based on her service-connected psychiatric condition.
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