The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including neurocognitive disorder and depressive disorder NOS, are proximately due to his service-connected traumatic brain injury (TBI). The claim for secondary service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners determined that the Veteran's neurocognitive disorder and depressive disorder NOS were likely secondary to his in-service head injury (service-connected TBI).
- Claimed conditions
- neurocognitive disorder, depressive disorder NOS
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22045739
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What this means for you
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