The Board granted service connection for the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD), finding it was incurred in and causally related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's statements, medical evidence, and witness testimonies established a current disability, in-service incurrence, and a causal relationship between the current disability and the disease or injury incurred during service.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25000879
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 705 · Granted: 38% (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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- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including major depressive disorder and unspecified depressive disorder, arose during or as a result of his active military service. Therefore, the claim for service connection is granted.
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