Granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD, finding that the Veteran's symptoms were caused by military sexual trauma.
The deciding factor: The private examiner provided a positive nexus opinion relating the Veteran's PTSD to his military sexual trauma, and there is credible supporting evidence of the in-service stressor occurring.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25096053
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