Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for persistent depressive disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hepatitis C and supraventricular arrhythmia, but remanded the claim for a cognitive disorder due to outstanding records.
The deciding factor: The grant of service connection was based on evidence showing that the Veteran's persistent depressive disorder is proximately due to his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- persistent depressive disorder (claimed as a mood disorder and previously diagnosed as dysthymia), cognitive disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 25, 2025
- Citation
- 25003976
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