The Board has determined that the veteran's Major Depressive Disorder is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected bilateral knee disability, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The November 2002 VA examiner concluded that the veteran's depression was substantially related to his chronic health conditions (of which the knees comprise a significant portion).
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2003
- Citation
- 0336271
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