The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including as secondary to traumatic brain injury, thoracolumbar spine degenerative joint disease, migraine headaches, and left eyebrow scar is granted. The claims for right arm condition, left arm condition, diabetes mellitus, bilateral foot condition, sleep condition, neck condition, and prostate cancer are denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's psychiatric disorder is found to be secondary to his service-connected disabilities, including traumatic brain injury, thoracolumbar spine degenerative joint disease, migraine headaches, and left eyebrow scar.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive disorder, left eyebrow scar, traumatic brain injury, thoracolumbar spine degenerative joint disease, migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20004826
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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