The Board has determined that the appellant's adjustment disorder with depression is not related to his service-connected headache disorder. The residuals of a cholecystectomy with dyspepsia secondary to active ulcer disease are productive of continuous moderate manifestations, warranting a 20 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The VA psychiatrist found no clear relationship between the appellant's service-connected headache disorder and his adjustment disorder with depression.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with Depression, Cholecystectomy with Dyspepsia Secondary to Active Ulcer Disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- February 7, 2002
- Citation
- 0201267
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