The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as unspecified depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder, based on new and relevant evidence.
The deciding factor: The evidence was approximately evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's psychiatric disorder had onset during his active duty service, and reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder with unspecified anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25109720
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (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
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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