Murray v. Principi

I voted to grant the motion for a panel decision because I believe that the September 30, 1998, Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board or BVA) decision must be vacated because of a change in the applicable regulation governing the award of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board denied service connection for PTSD in this case, despite the existence of at least seven records showing diagnoses, treatment, or both, of PTSD by VA physicians. See Record (R.) at 96 (November 1991 VA hospital discharge report, follow*32ing hospitalization…