The Board granted service connection for acne keloidalis and unspecified depressive disorder with anxiety, effective from the period of active duty.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the favorable findings made by the AOJ in the January 2021 rating decision, considering the Veteran's upgraded character of discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- acne keloidalis, unspecified depressive disorder with anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25030796
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,319 · Granted: 25% (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
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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