Granted
The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder with anxious distress (MDD) based on a diagnosis and evidence linking the condition to an in-service event.
The deciding factor: The October 2024 VA medical opinion concluded that the Veteran's diagnosed MDD is at least as likely as not caused by the in-service event, detailed as the in-service Axis II diagnosis of personality disorder as the precursor of MDD.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder with anxious distress (MDD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25008793
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