Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's psychiatric disability, including major depressive disorder and other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, finding that it is related to an in-service event or injury.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record supports a positive etiological opinion connecting the Veteran's current psychiatric disability with the in-service MST stressor event.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder with other specified trauma and stressor related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25094492
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