The Board granted service connection for an unspecified trauma-and-stressor-related disorder, finding it to be causally related to the Veteran's active duty.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the verified in-service stressor and the symptoms related to trauma as noted by the VA examiner.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified trauma-and-stressor-related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25046153
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 352 · Granted: 37% (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
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