The Veteran's major depression is not shown to be more disabling than the currently assigned 30 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity, which are required for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 9434.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 23, 2009
- Citation
- 0906579
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to a procedural defect in the Veteran's January 2022 VA Form 10182, which resulted from a prohibited concurrent election under VA claims processing rules.
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