The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified depressive disorder, as the evidence did not support a finding that it had its onset in service or was related to any in-service event or injury.
The deciding factor: The more persuasive evidence of record weighed against finding that the Veteran has an acquired psychiatric disorder that began in service or is otherwise related to in-service injury, event, or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25043587
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,902 · Granted: 11% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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