The Board denied the appellant's claims for increased rating, service connection for hypertension and stomach disability secondary to her service-connected lumbosacral strain, service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability (major depressive disorder or generalized anxiety disorder) secondary to her service-connected lumbosacral strain, and a total rating based on individual unemployability. The Board found that the evidence did not support these claims.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that any of the claimed disabilities were related to the service-connected lumbosacral strain or other service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain, hypertension, stomach disability, major depressive disorder or generalized anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- May 28, 2002
- Citation
- 0205322
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