Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, unspecified insomnia, and recurrent moderate MDD, as the evidence did not show a causal or etiological relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The August 2022, April 2023, and June 2023 medical opinions found that the Veteran's mental health disabilities were less likely than not incurred in or caused by his claimed in-service injury, event, or illness. The Board also noted a lack of continuity of symptomatology from service to the present.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, unspecified insomnia, recurrent moderate major depressive disorder (MDD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25018069
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