The Board has determined that the Veteran's depression disorder is likely aggravated by her service-connected anal fissures with sphincter impairment, and thus grants service connection for this condition on a secondary basis.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded it is as likely as not that the Veteran's service-connected anal fissures have aggravated her depression in the past.
- Claimed conditions
- depression disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- October 19, 2015
- Citation
- 1544455
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What this means for you
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