The Veteran's current mood disorder is found to be secondary to chronic pain associated with his service-connected orthopedic disabilities, including lumbar and cervical spine conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the Veteran has a current psychiatric disability (mood disorder) that is proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected orthopedic disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder (claimed as a nervous disorder), neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities, neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, radiculopathy of the bilateral upper extremities, radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2016
- Citation
- 1605190
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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.
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to their death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for readjudication of the claim for service connection for radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities.
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