The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified depressive disorder, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and somatic symptom disorder, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: It was at least as likely as not that the Veteran's current psychiatric disorders were caused or aggravated by her service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, somatic symptom disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25045656
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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- Denied
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