The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically schizoaffective disorder, depressive type, was aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus, hypertension, nephropathy and erectile dysfunction. As a result, the claim for secondary service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The private psychologist's opinion supported the aggravation of the Veteran's schizoaffective disorder, depressive type, due to his service-connected disabilities, including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, chronic renal failure, and erectile dysfunction.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (schizoaffective disorder, depressive type)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 31, 2017
- Citation
- 1736535
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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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