The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability, diagnosed as Other Specified Depressive Disorder, finding it to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's psychiatric disability is causally related to his service-connected disabilities, and there is no medical opinion to the contrary.
- Claimed conditions
- Other Specified Depressive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25035339
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.
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