The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, diagnosed as other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with alcohol use disorder.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion supported that the Veteran's psychiatric disability was due to stressor events in service, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106449
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,645 · Granted: 19% (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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