Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include depression, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected back disability.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion and treatment records established a causal relationship between the diagnosed depression and the service-connected back disability, meeting all Wallin elements for secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, anxiety disorder due to a general medical condition (chronic pain)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25102679
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