The Veteran's major depressive and psychotic disorders are found to be incurred in or aggravated by service, with the most appropriate theory of entitlement being direct service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's major depressive and psychiatric disorders were directly related to service, providing an adequate rationale for this opinion based on her complaints of depression during service following a personal assault.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder, recurrent, severe, psychotic disorder, not otherwise specified
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2011
- Citation
- 1115124
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What this means for you
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