The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was denied, but his claim for service connection for Major Depressive Disorder as secondary to the right hip disorder was granted.,The effective date of the temporary total rating based on convalescence due to right total hip replacement is not specified in the decision.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PTSD diagnosis could not be established, and thus service connection for PTSD was denied. However, his Major Depressive Disorder was found to be secondary to his service-connected right hip disorder.,For the temporary total rating based on convalescence due to right total hip replacement, the effective date is not specified in this decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Major Depressive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19106251
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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- Granted
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