Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, attributing it to PTSD which was related to service and a contributory cause of his death.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided a plausible chain of causation linking the in-service stressor to the Veteran's heart condition as listed on his cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107277
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