The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric condition is secondary to his service-connected lumbar spine condition, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence is approximately balanced regarding whether the Veteran's acquired psychiatric condition was proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected lumbar spine condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2023
- Citation
- 23002673
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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.
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- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the claims for service connection due to lack of active-duty service and because the appellant did not achieve veteran status. The psychiatric condition claim was withdrawn, and the spinal injury claim is denied.
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