The VA granted a 100% disability rating for the veteran's dysthymic disorder effective from August 26, 2005. The effective date was set based on an increase in disability that occurred within one year of the claim.
The deciding factor: The veteran's dysthymic disorder increased to a level warranting a 100% rating within the one-year period preceding his claim for such rating.
- Claimed conditions
- dysthymic disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 25, 2005
- Citation
- 0528664
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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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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected dysthymic disorder, anxiety disorder, borderline intellectual functioning, and dyslexia have prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
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