The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that the Veteran's current diagnoses are at least as likely as not related to his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The June 2022 VA medical opinion provided a positive nexus between the Veteran's in-service stressors and his current diagnosed acquired psychiatric disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Other specified stressor or trauma related disorder, Moderate alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2024
- Citation
- A24072213
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 913 · Granted: 41% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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