Granted
The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder, finding it to be related to the Veteran's service-connected left shoulder conditions.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on a finding that the major depressive disorder is secondary to the service-connected left shoulder conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017407
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