The Veteran's neurocognitive disorder, major depressive disorder with psychotic features, and anxiety disorder unspecified are found to have had their onset during service or are at least as likely as not related to service. The Veteran's prostate disability is not shown to have had its onset in service or be otherwise related to a disease or injury in service.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish that the Veteran’s current prostate disability began during service or is otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Neurocognitive disorder, Major depressive disorder with psychotic features, Anxiety disorder unspecified
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 26, 2021
- Citation
- 21004120
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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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