The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as stress, finding no evidence of in-service incurrence or a nexus to service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support an in-service injury, event, or disease and there was no medical opinion linking the current condition to service.
- Claimed conditions
- stress
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100591
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,135 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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