The Board denied the Veteran's appeal to revise an August 2019 rating decision that denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding no clear and unmistakable error (CUE). However, it granted service connection for major depressive disorder with anxiety as secondary to fibromyalgia.
The deciding factor: The January 2018 VA examination report found the Veteran's psychiatric symptoms were due to post-service occurrences, and there was no evidence of a psychiatric disorder during or immediately after service. The Board found that the August 2019 decision correctly applied the law and did not contain CUE.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder with anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25092735
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Decisions by this judge: 785 · Granted: 34% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent for his major depressive disorder with anxiety was denied. His claim for TDIU based on service-connected acquired psychiatric disability was granted, but subject to regulations governing the payment of monetary awards.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's fibromyalgia is granted a maximum schedular rating of 40 percent, and she is also granted entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to her service-connected conditions.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 8, 1993, for the Veteran's service connected acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 100 percent for major depressive disorder with anxiety from April 1, 2020.
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