The Board has granted service connection for acquired psychiatric disorders, diagnosed as anxiety and dysthymia, based on the Veteran's testimony and a private psychology nexus letter indicating that his current symptoms are related to service.
The deciding factor: Service connection is supported by the competent and credible hearing testimony provided by the Veteran and his wife that the symptoms identified by the VA examiner as supporting the diagnosed anxiety and dysthymia are temporally related to the Veteran's friend’s suicide and its aftermath.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety, dysthymia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20008028
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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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression and anxiety, based on the evidence showing that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's condition began in service.
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