The Board has vacated its previous decision denying the appellant's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, including depression and as secondary to a service-connected disability. The reasons include errors in due process by VA and the Board.
The deciding factor: Errors in due process denied the appellant the opportunity to respond to the Board’s remand request.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric condition, depression
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2020
- Citation
- 20067855
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for depression, PTSD, and an anxiety disorder due to the lack of a current diagnosis.
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