The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder (MDD), effective July 10, 2021.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PTSD with MDD is directly due to her service, including her MOS duties as a medical technician that included handling body parts of deceased service members.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder (MDD), Thoracolumbar spine disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25052648
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 service connection for a thoracolumbar spine disorder and a cervical spine disorder as there was no evidence of a nexus between the current conditions and the Veteran's active duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 40 percent for seizure disorder and a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD with MDD due to inadequate VA examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of PTSD with MDD to ensure an adequate opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD with MDD, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
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