Granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD, resolving the benefit of the doubt in favor of the Veteran due to an approximate balance of evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board resolved the benefit of the doubt in favor of the Veteran because the competing lay and medical evidence was in approximate balance regarding whether the Veteran's PTSD is a result of his active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25006834
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