The Board granted service connection for depression and headaches, with a 30 percent evaluation. The decision also addressed the veteran's claim for separate evaluations of his depression and headaches.
The deciding factor: The veteran's depression resulted in severe social and industrial impairment from February 2, 1993, to January 1, 1998, and since then has caused only mild social and industrial impairment with no more than mild or transient symptoms that decrease work efficiency and ability to perform occupational tasks only during periods of significant stress.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, headaches
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0608438
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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