The Board granted service connection for trauma and stressor related disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least approximately balanced as to whether the Veteran's trauma and stressor related disorder should be linked to her service, including personal trauma during active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- trauma and stressor related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25052680
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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