The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, chronic, based on the Veteran's reported experiences during National Guard service.
The deciding factor: Reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the Veteran regarding his claimed disability being associated with his National Guard service due to reported harassment and other stressors.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, chronic
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097505
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,062 · Granted: 34% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Service connection for tinnitus is granted.,Service connection for bronchitis is denied.,An initial disability rating of 70 percent, but no higher, for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, chronic is granted.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for COPD, emphysema, a chest wall condition, PTSD, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, chronic, a low back condition, TBI, and a chest tumor.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, chronic, to verify the Veteran's periods of active duty, inactive duty, and active duty for training during January 2012.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal requests for service connection were dismissed as they were not timely filed.
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