Granted
The Board granted service connection for a mood disorder and a back disability, both as secondary to the Veteran's already service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by the private physicians established a nexus between the Veteran's mood disorder and tinnitus, and his back disability and bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis and bilateral tendonitis.
- Claimed conditions
- mood disorder, back disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25016948
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