The Veteran's psychiatric disorders, including unspecified anxiety and depressive disorders, PTSD with major depression, and intermittent explosive disorder, are found to be related to his period of military service. The Board granted the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions were in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's psychiatric disabilities were related to his period of service, thus reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified anxiety and depressive disorders, PTSD with major depression, intermittent explosive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2022
- Citation
- 22002423
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating and an earlier effective date for her service-connected intermittent explosive disorder (IED) to include insomnia was granted. She also received a TDIU from September 19, 2013.
- Granted
The Veteran's intermittent explosive disorder is rated at 70 percent, and the Board has denied a higher rating.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for unspecified anxiety and depressive disorders, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for an earlier effective date prior to November 2, 2009, for the grant of service connection for PTSD with major depression.
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