The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically opioid use disorder, as secondary to his service-connected back conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the Veteran’s opioid use disorder was proximately caused by his service-connected back disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Opioid use disorder, Acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2020
- Citation
- 20068445
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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