Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder with anxious distress and denied service connection for PTSD. The Veteran's psychiatric symptoms are attributed to the now-service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's major depressive disorder with anxious distress is etiologically related to his military service, but there is no credible supporting evidence that the claimed in-service stressors for PTSD occurred.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder with Anxious Distress, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25109877
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