The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is linked to his additional disabilities, including bowel injury and abdominal hernia. The Board grants service connection for this condition.,The Veteran's chronic back pain is attributed to the complications from his surgeries, specifically the robotic prostatectomy. The Board grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The acquired psychiatric disorder was found to be proximately due to the additional disabilities resulting from the robotic prostatectomy and subsequent surgeries.,The chronic back pain is attributed to the abdominal hernia caused by the complications of the robotic prostatectomy, which aggravated his pre-existing condition.
- Claimed conditions
- bowel injury, abdominal hernia, abdominal wound including scar
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2022
- Citation
- 22033163
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