Granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for psychiatric disorders, including somatic symptom disorder, depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder, as secondary to service-connected disabilities, has been granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's psychiatric disorder was caused by her service-connected disabilities based on persuasive medical opinions from Dr. S.M. and Dr. R.R.
- Claimed conditions
- somatic symptom disorder, depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25004126
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