Service connection granted for major depressive disorder with anxious distress features and recurrent headaches.,The Veteran's bilateral lower extremity and low back conditions are remanded for further evaluation.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the Veteran’s claims of service connection for her mental health issues (major depressive disorder) and recurring physical symptoms (recurrent headaches).
- Claimed conditions
- Major depressive disorder with anxious distress features, Recurrent headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2018
- Citation
- 18141637
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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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Related decisions
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- Partly granted
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for major depressive disorder and granted a 10 percent disability rating from December 11, 2013, to June 22, 2014.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) due to recurrent headaches, finding that he could still maintain past work in quiet environments and avoid noisy or high-stress jobs.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims to establish service connection for a heart disability, obstructive sleep apnea, major depressive disorder with anxious distress features, and tension headaches have been reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence.,Service connection has been granted for major depressive disorder with anxious distress features, obstructive sleep apnea, and tension headaches.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for recurrent headaches and left ankle strain due to insufficient examination findings.,Service connection is denied for bilateral foot disability, chronic ear infections, and recurrent headaches.
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