Service connection for major depressive disorder with anxious distress is granted. The other issues are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current psychiatric condition, including his major depressive disorder with anxious distress, was found to be related to his service due to the stress of deployment and fear of injury or death.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder with anxious distress, Hypertension, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Right Ankle Condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20000124
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.
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