The Board has determined that the Veteran's PTSD and depressive disorder are service-connected, with PTSD being linked to his combat experience in service and depressive disorder being related to his frostbite injuries.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding of service connection for PTSD due to combat exposure and depressive disorder secondary to service-connected frostbite and peripheral neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2010
- Citation
- 1012602
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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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