The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders other than PTSD, including mood disorder NOS and other specified depressive disorder with OCD, polysubstance abuse, cannabis use disorder, and stimulant use disorder. The claim for service connection for PTSD remains pending.
The deciding factor: The competent medical evidence demonstrates that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders are etiologically related to active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- mood disorder NOS, other specified depressive disorder, OCD, polysubstance abuse, cannabis use disorder, stimulant use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 6, 2016
- Citation
- 1626858
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for other specified depressive disorder, PTSD, anxiety, depression, nightmares, and sleep issues was dismissed as untimely.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors and remands the case for further action on service connection and TDIU issues.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have an acquired psychiatric condition, including posttraumatic stress disorder, opioid use disorder, and stimulant use disorder, that was incurred during or is otherwise related to his period of active service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for a mental health disorder is dismissed. The Board grants the Veteran a TDIU from September 2, 2019, but no earlier.
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