The Board found that the October 1986 rating decision denying service connection for depressive neurosis contained clear and unmistakable error, and now grants service connection.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence linked the veteran's depressive neurosis to his service, including a diagnosis of depression during active duty and findings from medical boards indicating service aggravated his condition.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive neurosis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0306932
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Decisions by this judge: 1,613 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal of the denial of readjudication of entitlement to service connection for depression, depressive neurosis is dismissed due to a Notice of Disagreement being duplicative of an earlier one.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depressive neurosis, also claimed as depression/anxiety.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for further development due to outstanding records, including VA and private treatment records, as well as SSA disability determination records. The Veteran is also being asked to provide any additional information regarding his treatment.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to a duty to assist error in not obtaining private treatment records from the Veteran's psychiatrist. The issues are related to rating and TDIU for depressive neurosis.
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