The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric condition, finding that it is proximately due to and/or aggravated by his service-connected psoriasis disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence indicates that the functional limitations caused by the Veteran's service-connected psoriasis issues have resulted in lay-observable mental health symptoms, which have been corroborated by a private provider who explained how the Veteran’s mental health condition is interconnected with his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric condition (persistent depressive disorder [dysthymia] with persistent major depressive episode, severe, with anxious distress, mild)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2020
- Citation
- A20015273
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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