The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (other specified trauma and stress related disorder) based on the evidence showing that the Veteran's symptoms are at least as likely as not related to his in-service experiences.
The deciding factor: Resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran, the May 2024 VA medical examiner opined that the reported symptoms are related to witnessing the death of a fellow service member during military service.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified trauma and stress related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2024
- Citation
- 24033582
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,088 · Granted: 33% (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.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for persistent depressive disorder, late onset, with intermittent major depressive episodes and other specified trauma and stress related disorder was granted effective January 26, 2022.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for anxiety and other specified trauma and stress related disorder, finding that these conditions are etiologically linked to the Veteran's active-duty service. The decision does not address PTSD.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for other specified trauma and stress related disorder, depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder with social phobia based on the evidence showing that these conditions originated during active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, and the appellant's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is now considered more broadly.
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