Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include other specified trauma stressor related disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, based on the evidence showing that these conditions are etiologically related to active service.
The deciding factor: The November 2023 VA examiner opined that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's anxiety was incurred during his active-duty military service based on the Veteran's self-report of experiencing anxiety during his time of active duty, despite no documented treatment for anxiety in service records.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified trauma stressor related disorder, generalized anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25085518
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