The Board has granted service connection for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected status-post ruptured left anterior ethmoid with residual metal clip, epistaxis, sinusitis, headaches, and left nose and eyelid scar.
The deciding factor: The competent evidence relates the Veteran’s depression to his service-connected disability, specifically his status-post ruptured left anterior ethmoid with residual metal clip, which has caused financial stressors contributing to his MDD.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Status-post ruptured left anterior ethmoid with residual metal clip, Epistaxis, Sinusitis, Headaches, Left nose and eyelid scar
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19124024
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What this means for you
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