The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychological disorder, to include anxiety and depression, finding that the condition is reasonably shown to be due to or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee and lumbar spine musculoskeletal disabilities.
The deciding factor: The favorable record of evidence reflects that the claimed condition is at least as likely as not the result of or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected knee, shoulder and lumbar spine conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety, depression
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25034697
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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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and denied service connection for a lower back disorder. The claims for depression, substance abuse disorder, and a compensable initial rating for bilateral hearing loss were dismissed.
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