The Board has granted service connection for persistent depressive disorder with major depressive episodes and secondary service connection for sleep apnea due to an acquired psychiatric disorder. The decision is based on the Veteran's in-service counseling sessions, current diagnoses, and medical opinions linking his conditions.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence supports a link between the Veteran's in-service mental health issues and his current persistent depressive disorder with major depressive episodes, as well as the development of obesity and sleep apnea due to his psychiatric condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Persistent Depressive Disorder with Major Depressive Episodes, Obesity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2020
- Citation
- 20071755
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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