The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, currently diagnosed as persistent depressive disorder, but denied service connection for residuals of head injury other than vertigo and headaches, to include traumatic brain injury (TBI), and for vertigo. The left wrist disability claim was remanded.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's current acquired psychiatric disorder is at least as likely as not etiologically related to service, while the weight of evidence does not support a finding of residuals from an in-service head injury or TBI, and vertigo had no onset during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left wrist disability, Persistent depressive disorder, Residuals of head injury other than vertigo and headaches, to include traumatic brain injury (TBI), Vertigo
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25056649
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Decisions by this judge: 1,757 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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