The Veteran's major depressive disorder and right ankle disability have been granted service connection, with a 20 percent rating for the right ankle. The issue of entitlement to TDIU has been remanded.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the Veteran’s claim that his psychiatric condition is secondary to his service-connected disabilities, specifically his right ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder, chronic sprain, right ankle with healed fracture deformity and degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19189794
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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.
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