Granted
The veteran's service connection for Other Specified Trauma and Stressor Related Disorder, Persistent Depressive Disorder is granted. The decision is based on the veteran's exposure to race riots in Selma, Alabama during his service.
The deciding factor: A private psychologist's opinion and the veteran's credible lay statements established a nexus between the veteran's current psychiatric disorders and his service.
- Claimed conditions
- Other Specified Trauma and Stressor Related Disorder, Persistent Depressive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25007158
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