Granted
The Veteran's pancreatitis is now service-connected and rated at 100% effective October 22, 2007.,Service connection for depressive disorder with unspecified anxious distress has been granted.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that established a link between the Veteran’s pancreatitis and his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II (DM II).
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"pancreatitis","diagnosis_date":null,"disposition":"granted"}, {"condition_name":"depressive disorder, unspecified anxious distress","diagnosis_date":"May 2018","disposition":"granted"}, {"condition_name":"tinnitus","diagnosis_date":"December 2014","disposition":"granted"}, {"condition_name":"erectile dysfunction","diagnosis_date":null,"disposition":"granted"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19179405
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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