The Board granted a 50% rating for the veteran's major depressive disorder before December 14, 2006, and a 70% rating from that date forward. The decision also remanded the claim for service connection for GERD.
The deciding factor: The veteran's depression was found to more nearly approximate occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity prior to December 14, 2006, but deficiencies in most areas of occupational and social functioning from that date forward. The GERD claim was remanded for further development.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), depression
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2009
- Citation
- 0901269
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Denied
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