The Veteran's appeal to reopen his claim of service connection for depression is granted. His claims for increased ratings for headaches, sinusitis, and gastritis are denied. The Veteran's claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction (ED) and sleep apnea are remanded.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been received that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim of service connection for depression on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, headaches, sinusitis, gastritis, rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19185040
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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