The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including adjustment disorder, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and depressive disorder, finding that the Veteran's mental health issues are related to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence established a relationship between the Veteran's acquired psychiatric diagnoses and his service-connected disabilities, despite not being diagnosed until approximately seven months after separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2024
- Citation
- A24068608
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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, characterized as depressive disorder, effective May 1, 2017.
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