The Veteran's service connection claim for personality disorder is denied, but the Board finds that his acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD) is attributable to an in-service incident and grants service connection on a direct basis.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found the current diagnoses less likely than not incurred in or caused by the claimed in-service injury. However, two August 2021 letters from VA treating physicians supported the Veteran's assertion of ongoing psychiatric symptoms related to his in-service stressor event and provided a nexus between his current condition and service.
- Claimed conditions
- personality disorder, unspecified mood disorder, unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, unspecified anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2022
- Citation
- 22060278
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What this means for you
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