The Board has determined that the Veteran's drug and alcohol addiction is at least as likely as not attributable to his service-connected acquired psychiatric disability (posttraumatic stress disorder with depression). As a result, service connection for residuals of drug and alcohol addiction is granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the finding that the Veteran's drug and alcohol addiction resulted from his already service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder with depression.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of drug and alcohol addiction, posttraumatic stress disorder with depression
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2015
- Citation
- 1547618
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What this means for you
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