The Board has granted the Veteran's appeal to restore service connection for mood disorder NOS, which was previously severed. The rating decisions regarding knee conditions remain pending and will be remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran’s mood disorder is related to harassment during service, meeting the criteria for reopening a claim on new and material evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- mood disorder NOS (claimed as PTSD), degenerative arthritis of the left knee with history of degenerative meniscal tears and patellofemoral chondromalacia, degenerative arthritis of the right knee with history of degenerative meniscal tears and patellofemoral chondromalacia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19159546
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