The Board granted service connection for a generalized anxiety disorder with panic, alcohol use disorder, and unspecified depressive disorder based on evidence showing the conditions began during active duty.
The deciding factor: The January 2022 medical opinion provided a greater than 50 percent probability that the Veteran's current psychiatric disability was incurred in service, satisfying all elements of the Shedden test for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- generalized anxiety disorder with panic, alcohol use disorder, unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25047893
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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