The Board grants service connection for a mental health disability, as currently diagnosed, based on traumatic experiences during active military service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's reported stressors are consistent with the nature, places, and circumstances of his service, and a licensed psychologist opined that it is more likely than not that the diagnosed mental health diagnoses are related to events in service.
- Claimed conditions
- mental health disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25087973
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,960 · Granted: 36% (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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