Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and chronic sinusitis, finding both conditions to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported a causal link between the Veteran's depressive disorder and his service-connected orthopedic disabilities and poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, as well as a direct relationship between his chronic sinusitis and his service-connected allergic rhinitis.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder (major depressive disorder), Chronic sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098032
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