The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood and major depressive disorder with anxious distress, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee and shoulder disabilities.
The deciding factor: The private opinion from Dr. J.G., which was fully supported by a thorough rationale and the Veteran's treatment records, established a link between the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and his service-connected bilateral knee and shoulder disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, major depressive disorder with anxious distress
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25046005
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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