The Board has determined that the veteran's alcohol abuse is not secondary to his service-connected adjustment disorder with depression, and thus denied the claim.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's alcohol dependency to his service-connected adjustment disorder with depression.
- Claimed conditions
- Alcohol Abuse, Adjustment Disorder with Depression
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0601368
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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