The veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder with anxious mood, to include PTSD, is currently rated at 50 percent and the Board finds that it does not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows occupational and social impairment due to symptoms such as flattened affect, circumstantial speech, difficulty understanding complex commands, impaired short-term memory, and disturbances of motivation and mood. However, these symptoms do not meet the criteria for a 70 percent or 100 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Major depressive disorder with anxious mood, Post-traumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 22, 2000
- Citation
- 0030598
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What this means for you
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