The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including unspecified depressive disorder, GAD, panic disorder, and unspecified trauma related disorder, based on the Veteran's in-service traumatic events at Guantanamo Bay.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established as direct service connection due to the Veteran's reported in-service traumatic event of witnessing prisoners who committed suicide.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder, unspecified trauma related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2024
- Citation
- A24079498
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