Service connection for persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress is granted.,The issue of service connection for sinusitis is dismissed as moot due to the VA RO's independent grant prior to the Board decision.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on a positive nexus opinion linking the Veteran's psychiatric condition to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress, IBS (diarrhea, alternating diarrhea and constipation, abdominal distention, nausea), CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome), sleep apnea (respiratory insufficiency and dyspnea), degenerative arthritis of cervical spine, left knee degenerative joint disease, right knee pain, right hand tremors (right radial and ulnar radicular pain and paresthesia), lumbar spine degenerative joint disease, right leg sciatic radicular pain and paresthesia (weakness/coordination of the legs as secondary to lumbar spine degenerative joint disease), left leg sciatic pain and paresthesia (restless leg syndrome and weakness/coordination of the legs as secondary to lumbar spine degenerative joint disease)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2024
- Citation
- A24028402
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a VA examination to assess the severity of his left knee disability, including without considering the ameliorative effects of medication.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent for persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress and service connection for ulcerative colitis are being remanded due to the failure to obtain relevant medical records.
- Partly granted
The claims for service connection for hypertension, back pain, right hip pain, left hip pain, right knee pain, and left knee pain have been readjudicated. The claim for sleep apnea has also been readjudicated.,Service connection has been granted for a neck condition, back pain, right hip pain, left hip pain, right knee pain, left knee pain, an acquired psychiatric disorder, bruxism, and vertigo.
- Denied
The Veteran's left knee disability was not shown to be related to service or any service-connected conditions, and the Board denied his claim for service connection.
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