The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as depressive disorder with major depressive-like episode, is proximately due to service-connected lumbar spine and lower extremity radiculopathy. Service connection for this condition has been granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current mental health condition of depressive disorder due to chronic pain syndrome with major depressive-like episode is more likely than not a continuation of, secondary to, and aggravated by his service-connected lumbar spine degenerative disc disease and left and right sciatica.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar degenerative disc disease, neck condition, sleep disorder (claimed as sleep apnea), acquired psychiatric disorder (diagnosed as depressive disorder with major depressive-like episode)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2016
- Citation
- 1639340
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