The Board has granted service connection for a mood disorder and denied service connection for a right knee disorder. The mood disorder is found to be related to the Veteran's military service, while the right knee disorder is not shown by the evidence of record.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the weight of the evidence supported an ongoing mood disorder from service, even though there was not evidence of actual treatment in service and the Veteran had not sought psychiatric care for multiple decades post-service. The right knee disorder was not shown to be related to military service based on the lack of medical records indicating a nexus between the current condition and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Mood Disorder, Right Knee Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 22, 2013
- Citation
- 1323291
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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