The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including depressive disorder due to chronic pain syndrome with major depressive-like episode, anxiety disorder due to chronic pain syndrome, and chronic pain syndrome, as secondary to his service-connected disabilities of right lateral collateral ligament sprain with fibular fracture and residuals, and residuals of coccygeal fracture.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders are more likely related to his service-connected disabilities of right lateral collateral ligament sprain with fibular fracture and residuals, and residuals of coccygeal fracture.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive disorder due to chronic pain syndrome with major depressive-like episode, anxiety disorder due to chronic pain syndrome, chronic pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 5, 2024
- Citation
- A24052782
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Granted
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