The Veteran's psychiatric disorder, including major depression, is granted as secondary to his service-connected lumbosacral strain. The rating for the lumbosacral strain remains remanded and TDIU claim is also remanded.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding that the Veteran’s psychiatric condition is related to his service-connected lumbosacral strain.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depression, Lumbosacral Strain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19145690
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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