Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a causal relationship between the current psychiatric symptoms and the Veteran's military service, specifically due to survivor's guilt and emotions connected to serving in the Army without deploying to the Republic of Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25095445
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