The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, specifically adjustment disorder with depressed mood, finding that it began during the Veteran's military service and is aggravated by his service-connected physical disabilities.
The deciding factor: A VA psychologist provided an opinion stating that the Veteran’s adjustment disorder with depressed mood likely began during his military service and is aggravated by his service-connected conditions, including arteriosclerotic heart disease, diabetes mellitus type II, diabetic neuropathy, right and left upper and lower extremities, nephrolithiasis, tinnitus, GERD, bilateral hearing loss, allergic rhinitis, left inguinal hernia, right inguinal hernia, status post herniorrhaphy, and erectile dysfunction.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19116602
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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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