Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder based on the Veteran's in-service stressors, including responding to a suicide and a fatal motorcycle accident, and seeing a friend taken hostage during the Iranian embassy crisis.
The deciding factor: The most probative medical opinions established that it is as likely as not that the Veteran's current acquired psychiatric disorder was caused by his in-service stressors.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25090632
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