Posttraumatic stress disorder. Interim final rule.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its adjudication regulations regarding service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by eliminating the requirement of evidence corroborating occurrence of the claimed in-service stressor in claims in which PTSD is diagnosed in service. This amendment is necessary to facilitate the proof of service connection in such claims. By this amendment, we intend to reduce claim-processing time for such claims.
D004608:Eligibility Determination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology*; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*; D014857:Warfare