The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's Major depressive disorder, moderate recurrent, with anxious distress and Social anxiety disorder, finding that these conditions are related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a link between the Veteran's psychiatric symptoms during active duty and their current state.
- Claimed conditions
- Major depressive disorder, moderate recurrent, with anxious distress, Social anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2026
- Citation
- A26023211
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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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