The veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as depressive disorder and anxiety, has been granted. The Board found that these conditions are proximately due to or the result of service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board accorded probative weight to a private medical opinion by Dr. EL that linked the veteran's psychiatric symptoms to service-connected physical impairments.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive disorder, anxiety
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25001363
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Decisions by this judge: 910 · Granted: 31% (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.
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