The Board grants the appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically other specified trauma and stressor disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in relative equipoise as to whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified trauma and stressor disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25023913
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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