The Board has granted service connection for a portion of the veteran's current depression as secondary to his service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound of the back. The rating for the service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound of the back is increased to 40 percent.
The deciding factor: The veteran's depression was found to be at least in part due to his service-connected residuals of a gunshot wound of the back, resulting in a grant of secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, back pain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2003
- Citation
- 0327631
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to ensure a proper examination and etiology opinion are provided.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and denied service connection for a lower back disorder. The claims for depression, substance abuse disorder, and a compensable initial rating for bilateral hearing loss were dismissed.
- Partly granted
The appeal for service connection for depression was dismissed as the claim was fully resolved by a subsequent rating decision. The appeal for service connection for anxiety was denied due to insufficient evidence of a current disability.
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