Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include anxiety and depression, as there is no current diagnosis of a psychiatric condition under DSM-5.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran did not meet the DSM-5 criteria for any acquired psychiatric disability due to his symptoms being short-term and normative in nature.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety, depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25092524
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