State v. Brockway

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• concluding that credible supporting evidence of in-service stressor cannot consist solely of medical statement of VA examining psychiatrist that related veteran’s PTSD to events experienced in service and that expressly found veteran’s recitation of facts to be credible
• noting that opinion by mental health professional based on postservice examination of veteran cannot be used to establish occurrence of stressor
• indicating that the Court’s caselaw allows a physician’s opinion of causal nexus, in certain circumstances, to establish in-service incurrence of a disease or injury, while rejecting such use in PTSD cases
• indicating that the Court's caselaw allows a physician's opinion of causal nexus, in certain circumstances, to establish in-service incurrence of a disease or injury, while rejecting such use in PTSD cases
• applying Manual M21-1 revision as to nature of acceptable evidence as to noncombat stressor

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