The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including anxiety and major depressive disorders, is granted as service-connected. The issues of right leg and left leg restless leg syndrome are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The Board found the preponderance of evidence supported the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder due to in-service treatment and post-service diagnosis, despite a negative opinion from one VA examiner.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19143934
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What this means for you
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