The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the evidence not supporting a nexus between his claimed conditions and active service.
The deciding factor: The August 2025 VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's depression- and anxiety-related disorders are less likely than not due to an in-service disease or injury, as there is no verified stressor to support a PTSD diagnosis and the onset of these disorders appears to have coincided with the initial documentation of substance use disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- 25013510
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