Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, based on the credible medical opinion that it is related to combat stressors.
The deciding factor: A credible medical opinion established a nexus between the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and his combat stressors during deployment in Afghanistan.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088146
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