The veteran's current psychiatric disorder is at least as likely as not etiologically related and aggravated by his service-connected lumbar disability. The RO should issue a Statement of the Case on the issues of residuals of a fracture of the left fibula and trauma to the right knee.
The deciding factor: The VA opinion determined that the veteran's current psychiatric disorder is at least as likely as not etiologically related and aggravated by his service-connected lumbar disability, resolving the doubt in favor of the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric disorder, Residuals of a fracture of the left fibula, Residuals of trauma to the right knee
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0005065
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