The Board grants service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, finding that the evidence is in relative equipoise and affording the Veteran the benefit of the doubt.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a direct link between the Veteran's claimed in-service stressor involving his wife and the development of his acquired psychiatric disorder, as supported by medical opinions and service records indicating mental health symptoms during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25050469
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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for her acquired psychiatric disability, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, as the evidence did not support a finding that his current mental health conditions were related to his active duty service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for an acquired psychiatric disability, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for a psychiatric disability to provide the Veteran with a VA examination.
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