The Board has granted service connection for major depressive disorder with psychosis and anxiety disorder NOS, but the issues of cervical spine disability and bilateral neurological disability of the upper extremities are remanded due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current diagnoses include major depressive disorder with psychosis and anxiety disorder NOS, which had its onset during service based on credible reports of continuous symptoms since service. The Board found that there was an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding the onset of these disabilities in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Major depressive disorder with psychosis, Anxiety disorder not otherwise specified
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19146319
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.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to April 9, 2014.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety disorder not otherwise specified, and depressive disorder not otherwise specified. The Veteran's diagnoses are linked to his in-service stressors related to fear of hostile military or terrorist activity.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for a 70% rating for his psychiatric disability is dismissed as the Board's October 2018 decision has already decided the matter of staged ratings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD and major depressive disorder is remanded due to the need for a VA examination to clarify her current diagnoses and determine if they are related to service. The examiner must also address whether any of her psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, were caused by in-service personal assault.
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