The Veteran's major depression is found to be related to her service-connected disabilities, and thus service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: Major depression was found to be at least as likely as not caused by limitations secondary to the Veteran's service-connected medical conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- major depression, gallbladder disease, bilateral breast discharge, ovarian cyst, headaches, enlarged thyroid, bilateral knee disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2010
- Citation
- 1029894
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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.
What you can do next
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