The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including mood disorder, anxiety disorder, other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder, and adjustment-like disorder, finding that the Veteran's current symptoms are related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current psychiatric disorders are related to his in-service stressful experiences and training experience, resolving all doubts in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- mood disorder, anxiety disorder, other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder, adjustment-like disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 9, 2022
- Citation
- 22062988
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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
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