Denied
The Board denied service connection for major depressive disorder with alcohol use disorder, finding no evidence of a psychiatric injury or disease during service and no relationship between the current disability and any injury or disease during service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the persuasive weight of the evidence is against a finding of a psychiatric injury, disease, event, or symptoms of depression during service, and that the Veteran's misconduct discharge precluded service connection for the psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder with alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25092408
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