The Board granted service connection for anxiety disorder with depression, secondary to tinnitus, but dismissed the claims for prostate cancer with erectile dysfunction and Multiple Myeloma. The TDIU claim was remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on a medical opinion linking the Veteran's anxiety disorder with depression to his service-connected tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer with erectile dysfunction, Multiple Myeloma, anxiety disorder with depression, secondary to tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2024
- Citation
- 24000651
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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