The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability as secondary to his service-connected lumbar spine disability, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise that the Veteran’s acquired psychiatric disability is proximately due to his service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability (claimed as depression)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2021
- Citation
- 21006177
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What this means for you
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