The Board has restored service connection for depressive disorder with anxious distress as the evidence did not show a clearly erroneous initial diagnosis upon which service connection was predicated.
The deciding factor: No proper medical authority certified that the Veteran's initial diagnosis of depressive disorder with anxious distress was clearly erroneous.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive disorder with anxious distress
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2024
- Citation
- A24021574
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