The Board granted service connection for an unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The August 2018 VA examiner provided a positive nexus opinion linking the Veteran's current mental health symptoms to his military service, specifically his reports of seeing casualties and wounded soldiers while deployed. The Board resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran based on this evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2023
- Citation
- 23000175
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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