The Board has determined that the veteran's dysthymic disorder warrants a disability rating of 50 percent, effective February 10, 2004.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows significant impairment in social and occupational functioning due to depression, warranting a higher disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- dysthymic disorder (depression)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- May 30, 2008
- Citation
- 0817778
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including coronary artery disease and dysthymic disorder, did not prevent him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to June 10, 2010.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a TDIU rating, finding that his service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Granted
The Veteran's dysthymic disorder is granted a 50 percent rating, effective from the date of this decision. Ratings for peripheral neuropathy right and left lower extremities remain denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for left-ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and depression due to a lack of proper treatment at a VA medical center in 2011. The case will be further developed and reviewed.
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