Granted
The Board grants an effective date of October 16, 2020, for the award of service connection for depressive disorder due to chronic right ankle pain.
The deciding factor: The evidence reasonably raised the theory that the Veteran's depressive disorder was secondary to her service-connected right ankle disability, and October 16, 2020, is the earliest date it was factually ascertainable that this association existed.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25094818
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