The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression with insomnia and PTSD, but denied service connection for hemorrhoids and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the Veteran's lay statements and medical evidence supporting a link between his in-service stressors and current mental health condition. The Board found no credible evidence of continuity of symptoms or competent and credible evidence linking hemorrhoids and OSA to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression with insomnia and PTSD, Hemorrhoids, Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25049497
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, finding a causal relationship between the condition and an in-service incident of military sexual trauma (MST).
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 29, 2019 for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder but denied earlier effective dates and increased ratings for other conditions.
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