The Veteran's lumbosacral spine strain is currently rated at 20 percent, effective from September 30, 2008. The Board has granted service connection for major depression and adjustment disorder under the theory of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: The Veteran presented new medical evidence that supported her claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including diagnoses of major depression and adjustment disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral spine strain, major depression, adjustment disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 16, 2015
- Citation
- 1511088
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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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