The veteran's claim for service connection for alcohol and drug dependence as secondary to his service-connected PTSD was denied, and he is not entitled to a combined disability rating higher than 90 percent.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not combine to more than 90% when rated separately.
- Claimed conditions
- alcohol and drug dependence
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0621063
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What this means for you
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