The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including generalized anxiety and trauma disorder, is found to be as likely as not related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the Veteran's trauma disorder was at least as likely as not related to his service due to fear experienced during a training exercise in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized anxiety, Trauma disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2026
- Citation
- A26020756
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal because the Veteran filed a concurrent request for higher-level review and a VA Form 10182, which is not allowed under VA regulations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for an addendum opinion as there was no substantial compliance with previous remand directives.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include generalized anxiety and insomnia, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD due to MST and trauma disorder, is remanded as the VA examination provided by the examiner lacks probative value. The Board finds that a new VA examination is necessary to address whether the Veteran meets the criteria for service connection.
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