The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for secondary service connection for major depression and entitlement to a total rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability was not well grounded, and thus denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a relationship between her service connected hysterectomy and her current psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- major depression, hysterectomy residuals
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2001
- Citation
- 0105390
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What this means for you
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