Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, based on the Veteran's exposure to mortar attacks during his deployment.
The deciding factor: The VA psychologist found that the Veteran's adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood was related to his in-service stressors of exposure to mortar attacks while deployed to Kuwait and Iraq.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25092631
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