The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his service-connected disabilities and his current mood disorder with depression.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a nexus between the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and his claimed psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- mood disorder with depression
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2024
- Citation
- A24037746
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