The Board has granted service connection for Huntington's disease and an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as mood disorder secondary to medical condition with depressive features. The Veteran's Huntington's disease is found to have first manifested during his military service, and the mental health disability is found to be related to his service-connected Huntington's disease.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Veteran's Huntington's disease was at least as likely as not incurred during service due to documented symptoms in service and a later diagnosis of Huntington's disease. The acquired psychiatric disorder was also found to be secondary to the service-connected Huntington's disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Huntington's disease, an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as mood disorder secondary to medical condition, with depressive features
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20058221
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