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Thank you for the responses to my question, I read the va findings over again and there is no reference to any issue of depression listed. I did have a C&P exam which covered my range of motions from my back. The finding stated that i was initially rated under a system prior to 2002 and that the new system would not find an increase. There is no statements about depression or my mental state in any va decision. I do not know if i have been va diagnosed or not, i have told the va doctors about being depressed and have been to couseling, and have been on anti deppressants. Im going to go back on anit deps shorty again. The only current med im taking is morphine daily.

Hello, I would like to ask about a claim that i have filed and was just denied. I filed a claim for increase on an already rated claim, the claim was first for my back, which i was rated at 40%, it has been ten years since i was first awarded the 40% and i wanted to put in for an increase due to mental depression from the back injury. I filed the increase for my back and wrote detailed accounts of depression issues. After 17 months i received the notice that the increase was denied, yet there is no mention of any depression. I feel that i may have filed the claim wrong, in that i filed for increase of my back, when i should have filed for depression, could anyone let me know if this is true, and or, if i can file an appeal on the denied claim as my back issue is the major cause for the depression, thank you so much for any help.