The Board found that the veteran's psychiatric disability, specifically depressive disorder, is not proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected hearing loss and tinnitus. The evidence does not demonstrate that the veteran's service-connected disabilities are of such severity as to preclude all forms of gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no objective evidence to establish that the veteran's major depressive disorder was precipitated, nor aggravated, by his service-connected medical condition (hearing loss and tinnitus).
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0601993
What this means for you
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