The Veteran's current MDD and unspecified anxiety disorder are etiologically related to his active service, and the Board grants entitlement to service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a direct relationship between the Veteran's in-service symptoms and his current psychiatric disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- MDD, an unspecified anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2020
- Citation
- 20005344
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
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Veteran's service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, to include MDD and anxiety disorder is denied.,The Veteran's rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD is denied.,The Veteran's total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability (TDIU) is denied.
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