The Veteran's claim for service connection for an adjustment disorder with depressed mood, anxiety, and sleep issues related to pain syndrome is granted. The claims for left eye disability, hyperlipidemia, neuropathy of the upper extremities, neuropathy of the lower extremities, cold injury of the upper extremities, cold injury of the lower extremities, circulatory disorder, and traumatic brain injury are denied.
The deciding factor: The adjustment disorder with depressed mood, anxiety, and sleep issues related to pain syndrome is secondary to service-connected palindromic rheumatism. The other conditions were not shown by credible competent evidence to be related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye disability, adjustment disorder with depressed mood, anxiety, sleep issues related to pain syndrome, hyperlipidemia, neuropathy of the upper extremities, neuropathy of the lower extremities, cold injury of the upper extremities, cold injury of the lower extremities, circulatory disorder, traumatic brain injury
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- September 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19173545
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