The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, right ankle strain, lumbar radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities, right-hand disability, congestive heart failure, allergic rhinitis, and type II diabetes mellitus. The decision is based on secondary service connection due to these conditions being caused by his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current psychiatric disability was at least as likely as not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss, which substantially aggravated his adjustment disorder. The same reasoning applied to other disabilities granted in this decision.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, right ankle strain, lumbar radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities, right-hand disability, congestive heart failure (heart disability), allergic rhinitis, type II diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2026
- Citation
- A26035377
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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