In Menegassi v. Shinseki, 638 F.3d 1379 (2011), the Federal Circuit held that an examination by a mental health professional, even one performed many years after the alleged assault, can be used to satisfy the corroboration of stressor requirement in a PTSD claim.
Posted on Feb 27, 2012
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