The Board granted service connection for other specified trauma- and stressor-related disorder, but remanded the issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's diagnosed other specified trauma- and stressor-related disorder is related to sniper attacks during his deployment, meeting all three criteria for service connection: a current disability, in-service incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury, and a causal relationship between the current disability and the in-service event.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified 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
- A25046286
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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