The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, due to the Veteran's in-service assault and/or MST. The decision resolves doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on a diagnosis of PTSD that is consistent with the Veteran's account of his in-service assault and MST, corroborated by lay statements and medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2024
- Citation
- 24002108
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,035 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed in-service stressors and for further development of secondary service connection claims.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD. The evidence does not support a finding that any current condition is related to service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, due to a lack of credible independent evidence corroborating the claimed in-service stressor events.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, as it is found to have been incurred during active service.
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