The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder with anxiety disorder, finding that the evidence is in approximate balance and supports a nexus between the Veteran's current disability and his active-duty service.
The deciding factor: The October 2020 private opinion found that the Veteran's psychiatric disorder was directly related to service due to the absence of mental problems at entry and the condition being related to separation from his wife following his deployment to Korea.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder with anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019349
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,913 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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