Direct service connection (post-traumatic stress disorder).  Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).  Final rule.
This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations concerning the type of evidence required to establish service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).  This amendment implements a decision by the United States Court of Veterans Appeals (the Court) which stated that current regulations do not adequately reflect the governing statute.
D004608:Eligibility Determination; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs; D014728:Veterans; D014857:Warfare