The Veteran's headache disorder, psychiatric disorder (including depressive disorder due to another medical condition and unspecified anxiety), obstructive sleep apnea, left ankle disorder, right ankle disorder, and skin disorder are all granted. However, the Veteran's service connection claims for a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, a right ankle disorder, and a skin disorder remain denied.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran had current diagnoses of headache disorder, anxiety disorder not otherwise specified (NOS), schizoaffective disorder, depressive type with alcohol use disorder, cocaine use disorder, cannabis use disorder, and schizotypal personality disorder. The examiner did not provide a clear rationale for linking these disorders to his service-connected bilateral knee disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- headache disorder, psychiatric disorder (including depressive disorder due to another medical condition and unspecified anxiety), obstructive sleep apnea, left ankle disorder, right ankle disorder, skin disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- November 4, 2020
- Citation
- 20071090
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What this means for you
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