Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for unspecified depressive disorder, with anxious distress and remanded the claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee joint osteoarthritis and patellofemoral pain syndrome and entitlement to service connection for shin splints as secondary to the service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder, with anxious distress was aggravated by military sexual trauma (MST) during service.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety and depression (diagnosed as unspecified depressive disorder, with anxious distress), left knee joint osteoarthritis and patellofemoral pain syndrome, shin splints
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25009104
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