The Board has granted a 100 percent evaluation for the veteran's service-connected depressive disorder, which is currently rated as 50 percent disabling.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms have been found to be productive of total occupational and social impairment due to his depression, including auditory and visual hallucinations, suicidal ideation, and poor sleep and appetite. These symptoms align with the criteria for a 100 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Code 9434.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 30, 2003
- Citation
- 0336670
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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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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