The Board granted service connection for other specified depressive disorder, finding that the evidence is at least approximately balanced as to whether it is related to service.
The deciding factor: The Board resolved any doubts in favor of the Veteran and found a direct nexus between the current condition and service despite the examiner's opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25054034
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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and other specified depressive disorder, but denied an increased rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for other specified depressive disorder due to a failure to provide adequate notice of the Veteran's right to a pre-decisional hearing.
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