Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection of a depressive disorder as secondary to a service-connected seizure disorder. The VA needs to get a better medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA's initial medical opinion was inadequate and did not consider all relevant factors, including other service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, seizure disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25004509
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