The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD, to include major depressive disorder and anxiety, is found to be related to his service-connected PTSD. The Board grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The competent evidence shows that the symptomatology of the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability other than PTSD (to include major depressive disorder and anxiety) cannot clearly be distinguished from that of his service-connected PTSD, thus it is considered part of the already service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic obstructive and restrictive lung disease, Acquired psychiatric disability other than service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), to include major depressive disorder and anxiety, Left shoulder disability, Hypertension, to include as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus, Breathing problems, Diabetes mellitus, Left basal ganglia infarction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2012
- Citation
- 1236019
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What this means for you
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