The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including unspecified depressive disorder, is granted as service-connected. An initial 50 percent rating for tension headaches (claimed as migraine headaches) is also granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection established due to credible lay evidence of continuity of symptoms since service and VA examination findings supporting a nexus between current psychiatric condition and in-service adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood. Tension headaches rated at 50 percent based on very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic adaptability.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, unspecified depressive disorder, Tension headaches (claimed as migraine headaches)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 7, 2023
- Citation
- 23013583
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