Service connection granted for major depressive disorder with anxiety and folliculitis of the scalp due to presumed Agent Orange exposure.,Respiratory disorder service connection issue is remanded.
The deciding factor: New evidence provided raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims, including current diagnoses and supporting lay statements.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder with Anxiety, Folliculitis of the Scalp
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2021
- Citation
- 21069036
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, except for a 20 percent rating for lumbosacral strain.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for Major Depressive Disorder with Anxiety, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to his military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's sleep apnea disorder as secondary to his service-connected insomnia disorder, MDD with anxiety, migraine headaches, and tinnitus. The decision also acknowledges that the Veteran's opioid medication taken for bilateral shoulder disorders may have contributed to his sleep apnea.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's MDD with anxiety is currently rated at 50 percent, effective June 2, 2016. The Board has remanded the case for further development and consideration.
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