The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, diagnosed as other unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and major depressive disorder (MDD), on a direct basis. The decision is based on the Veteran's credible accounts of in-service symptoms and diagnoses provided by a certified clinical military counselor.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability had its onset in service, thus resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- other unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), major depressive disorder (MDD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2026
- Citation
- A26021446
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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