The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his PTSD with persistent depressive disorder contributed to his death.
The deciding factor: The private examiner's opinion and the contemporaneous medical evidence supported the conclusion that the Veteran's service-connected disability was a contributory cause of his death.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with persistent depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2024
- Citation
- A24071128
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for PTSD with persistent depressive disorder and a thoracolumbar spine disability was dismissed due to a claims processing error, while the appeal for sinusitis was denied. The Veteran's initial rating for mild restrictive lung disease (RLD) was granted.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and an earlier effective date, as the maximum schedular rating of 100 percent for PTSD with persistent depressive disorder and traumatic brain injury has been in effect since April 19, 2019.
- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of July 19, 2021, for the assignment of a 70 percent rating for the service-connected PTSD with persistent depressive disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's TDIU is based solely on service-connected PTSD with persistent depressive disorder, effective October 26, 2020, and SMC at the housebound level is granted for the same date.
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