The Board grants service connection for other trauma or stressor related disorder, finding a current disability, in-service incurrence of an injury, and a causal relationship between the in-service event and the current condition.
The deciding factor: The Board finds credible evidence supporting the Veteran's reported in-service traumatic experiences and a positive nexus opinion from both a VA examiner and a private psychologist.
- Claimed conditions
- other trauma or stressor related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25052069
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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