The Board granted service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, unspecified mood disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder, as well as alcohol use disorder. The remaining claims were remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the evidence supporting a direct link between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's service, with the exception of the alcohol use disorder which was granted on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD, unspecified mood disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, alcohol use disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), sinusitis, hearing loss, tinnitus, headaches, dermatosis of the neck and arms, functional abdominal pain syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), left sciatic radicular pain hypoesthesia paresthesia weakness of the left leg (left leg radicular pain), right sciatic radicular pain hypoesthesia paresthesia weakness of the right leg (right leg radicular pain), pain of the left hip (left hip pain), pain of the right hip (right hip pain), pain of the left knee (left knee pain), pain of the right knee (right knee pain), post traumatic pain lumbar spine (back pain), respiratory insufficiency dyspnea (respiratory condition), bilateral restless leg syndrome, bilateral hand tremors
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086584
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 696 · Granted: 63% (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 partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board of Veterans' Appeals has granted service connection for PTSD and Mood Disorders, both presumed conditions under the PACT Act.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to incomplete medical records and need for further examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, arthritis, and memory loss. The decision found no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
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