The Board has granted a 50 percent evaluation for the veteran's mood disorder with depressive features effective January 18, 2002. The veteran previously had a 30 percent evaluation prior to that date.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed significant impairment in social and occupational functioning due to symptoms such as depressed mood, anxiety, anger, irritability, poor concentration, feelings of worthlessness, and difficulty with activities of daily living.
- Claimed conditions
- Mood Disorder with Depressive Features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2007
- Citation
- 0735025
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's mood disorder with depressive features is granted a 100% rating effective October 2, 2019. Basic eligibility for Dependent's Educational Assistance (DEA) is also granted effective that date. The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for a bilateral wrist disability secondary to hepatitis C, a rating in excess of 20 percent for hepatitis C, and TDIU.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to pre-decisional failure of the duty to assist based on an inadequate examination. The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD or depressive disorder or mood disorder with depressive features, is now pending and will be reconsidered.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's mood disorder has been rated at 70 percent since the initial grant of service connection, reflecting significant occupational and social impairment.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education and occupational experience.
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