The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, unspecified depression, is at least as likely as not caused by or related to his service-connected disabilities, specifically status post resection of lymph node, right neck, with residual painful paresthesias over scar and tinnitus. As a result, the claim for secondary service connection has been granted.
The deciding factor: The VHA opinion concluded that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is at least as likely as not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected disabilities, specifically status post resection of lymph node, right neck, with residual painful paresthesias over scar and tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depression
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 29, 2016
- Citation
- 1638796
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What this means for you
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