The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including hepatitis C and dysthymic disorder (now evaluated as major depressive disorder), prevented him from obtaining and retaining substantially gainful employment prior to March 28, 2006. The Board granted a TDIU for this period.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability significantly limited his ability to function and work, preventing him from securing or following any substantially gainful occupation prior to March 28, 2006.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatitis C, dysthymic disorder (currently evaluated as major depressive disorder)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- August 31, 2009
- Citation
- 0932706
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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.
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- Granted
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