Granted
The Board granted service connection for depressive disorder, finding that the Veteran's symptoms had their onset during service and were causally related to his active duty.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record shows significant in-service psychiatric symptoms, leading to hospitalizations and associated treatment, which the March 2013 VA examiner opined are causally related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25092226
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