Granted
The Veteran's effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD is granted as May 19, 2003, and an initial 50 percent disability rating for his service-connected PTSD is also granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence corroborates the Veteran's reported fear of hostile military or terrorist activity during his Vietnam service, which supports a direct service connection theory.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25091119
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