The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as major depressive disorder with anxious distress, is at least as likely as not related to his military service. Service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided are sufficient to support the award of service connection as they consider the contentions of the Veteran and provide a thorough supporting rationale for the conclusions reached.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder with anxious distress
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2020
- Citation
- 20080454
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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