Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities but denied service connection for PTSD due to a lack of corroborated in-service stressors.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on a nexus between the Veteran's mood disorder and his service-connected disabilities, while the lack of credible supporting evidence for claimed in-service stressors led to the denial of service connection for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25092106
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