The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, as secondary to service-connected bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's major depressive disorder was found to be aggravated by his bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as major depression)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1003291
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Denied
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