The Board granted service connection for depression and anxiety, to include unspecified depressive disorder, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected thoracolumbar spine arthritis and sciatic nerve dysfunction of the lower extremities.
The deciding factor: The evidence at least shows that the Veteran's current depressive disorder is caused by his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- depression and anxiety, to include unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2024
- Citation
- A24073667
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
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