# Direct Service Connection (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 1999-06-18 · 64 FR 32807
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-15522
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 32807
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 3
- **Publication date:** 1999-06-18
## Abstract

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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/06/18/99-15522/direct-service-connection-post-traumatic-stress-disorder)
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