The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as depressive disorder, NOS, is etiologically related to service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows a history of psychiatric symptoms during service, including counseling sessions with both the Veteran and his wife, which supports a finding that the Veteran's depression began in service.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive disorder, NOS
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2016
- Citation
- 1601895
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's service-connected depression was rated at 50 percent from September 4, 2013, to March 4, 2018, and then increased to 70 percent from March 5, 2018, but denied a rating in excess of 70 percent thereafter.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for an effective date earlier than November 21, 2012, and a higher initial rating for his service-connected depressive disorder are being remanded due to procedural errors in the previous decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a reduction in the rating of his service-connected depressive disorder, NOS from 30 percent to noncompensable is being remanded due to the lack of an SOC.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an error in not ensuring compliance with a previous remand order, specifically regarding the need for a VA medical opinion on whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders are related to service or superimposed on his nonservice-connected personality disorder.
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