The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as Unspecified Trauma and Stressor Related Disorder, and a hysterectomy.
The deciding factor: Resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran, it is at least as likely as not that her conditions resulted from or were aggravated by her active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- Unspecified Trauma and Stressor Related Disorder, Hysterectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25035078
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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- Remanded (sent back)
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