The Board has granted service connection for PTSD based on credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressors occurred and a link established by medical evidence between current symptoms and a claimed in-service stressor.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the competent and credible lay and medical evidence establishes a link between the Veteran's current PTSD and the two aforementioned in-service stressors.
- Claimed conditions
- Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25055624
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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