Denied
The Board denied service connection for a mood disorder as secondary to the service-connected headaches or tinnitus, finding no probative evidence linking the two conditions.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinions provided were found to be inadequate due to lack of rationale and inaccurate history, thus not supporting the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- mood disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108405
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