The Board has determined that the veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, other than post-traumatic stress disorder, is proximately due to his service-connected postoperative lumbar laminectomy. The Board also found that the veteran's multiple joint pain was aggravated by his service-connected postoperative lumbar laminectomy and granted a 20 percent disability rating for this condition.
The deciding factor: The veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, other than post-traumatic stress disorder, is proximately due to his service-connected postoperative lumbar laminectomy. The Board found that the veteran's multiple joint pain was aggravated by his service-connected postoperative lumbar laminectomy and granted a 20 percent disability rating for this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder, Multiple Joint Pain
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0608677
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.
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