Granted
The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, MDD, and alcohol use disorder, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability and tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The March 2024 VA medical opinions found that the right knee disability and tinnitus were contributing causes to the Veteran's current psychiatric disorder, establishing a nexus between the current condition and his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder (MDD), alcohol use disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2025
- Citation
- 25015199
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