The Veteran's psychiatric disability, including mood disorder, depression, and PTSD, has been rated at 70 percent since August 3, 2004. The current rating of 50 percent is maintained from October 20, 2007.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrates that the Veteran's psychiatric disability, including mood disorder, depression, and PTSD, has been manifested by moderate to severe occupational and social impairment due to suicidal ideation; obsessional behavior, near-continuous depression affecting ability to function independently, appropriately and effectively; impaired impulse control (shown by unprovoked irritability with periods of anger and violence; difficulty in adapting to stressful circumstances; and, inability to establish and maintain effective relationships).
- Claimed conditions
- mood disorder, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 12, 2010
- Citation
- 1009501
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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
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The appeal for service connection for depression was dismissed as the claim was fully resolved by a subsequent rating decision. The appeal for service connection for anxiety was denied due to insufficient evidence of a current disability.
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