The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including chronic generalized anxiety, depressive disorder NOS, and poly substance dependence in full remission. The decision is based on the Veteran's reported symptoms during service and his current diagnosis.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran experienced an in-service psychiatric event related to the current acquired psychiatric disability and that the acquired psychiatric disorder had its onset in service and is etiologically related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic generalized anxiety, depressive disorder NOS, poly substance dependence in full remission
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20007459
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.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted an initial rating of 70 percent for his acquired psychiatric disability and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed psychiatric disorders because there was no evidence of a current disorder related to military service.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including anxiety disorder NOS, depressive disorder NOS, PTSD, and MDD, is found to be as likely as not attributable to an in-service military sexual trauma (MST) incident. Service connection for small bowel obstruction, secondary to service-connected acquired psychiatric disability, and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) are remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea, a rating in excess of 30 percent for depressive disorder NOS prior to October 31, 2014, and TDIU are remanded due to incomplete examination reports.
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