The Board granted service connection for PTSD with major depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder, finding a causal relationship between the current disability and in-service trauma.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion and VA examiner's opinions established a nexus between the Veteran's psychiatric disorders and his in-service stressors.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with major depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25049336
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
All appeals for higher initial ratings and service connection were dismissed as they were duplicative of previously addressed appeals or due to untimely filings.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date than December 1, 2022, for a 100 percent disability rating for PTSD with major depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating greater than 70 percent for service-connected PTSD with major depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder, for the period from July 25, 2022, to August 17, 2022.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
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