The Board granted service connection for an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected pleural plaques due to asbestos exposure, but denied service connection for hypertension.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported a finding that the Veteran's adjustment disorder was caused by his service-connected respiratory disability, while there was no evidence linking his hypertension to his service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertension, Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Anxiety and Depressed Mood
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2009
- Citation
- 0908976
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Denied
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