The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected cold injuries and other conditions.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion by Dr. AB supported that the Veteran's psychiatric disorder was more likely than not proximately caused by his service-connected disabilities, while the VA examiner's opinion was inadequate.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25026530
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of a psychiatric disability to correct an error in not securing an adequate medical opinion.
- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a right knee disorder, left knee disorder, hemorrhoids, bowel problems, and psychiatric disorder as there was no evidence to support that these conditions were incurred in or caused by the Veteran's active military service.
- Granted
The Veteran's November 21, 2024 VA Form 20-0996 Request for Higher-Level Review was timely filed and the Board granted it.
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