The Board granted service connection for a mood disorder secondary to head injury and assigned a 10 percent schedular rating, effective from October 24, 1988. The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date was denied, as the claim was received within one year of his separation from active duty. The initial evaluation for the service-connected mood disorder is 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence supported a higher rating due to the severity and duration of the veteran's psychiatric symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- mood disorder, head injury
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 1, 2000
- Citation
- 0002513
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including a head injury, headache disorder, erectile dysfunction, left earache disorder, chronic fatigue, right shoulder disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, right foot disorder, GERD, and left shoulder disorder, as the evidence did not support current diagnoses of these conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder, mood disorder, and unspecified depressive disorder due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a mood disorder and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to obtain additional medical opinions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a mood disorder as secondary to the service-connected headaches or tinnitus, finding no probative evidence linking the two conditions.
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