The Veteran's service-connected mood disorder with depressive features is currently rated at 30 percent disabling. The Board has determined that the criteria for a higher initial disability rating have been met, and he meets the percentage requirements for TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of depression and other psychiatric manifestations are severe enough to warrant a higher initial disability rating but do not meet the criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Mood Disorder with Depressive Features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 24, 2013
- Citation
- 1333656
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Related decisions
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- Partly granted
The Veteran's mood disorder with depressive features is granted a 100% rating effective October 2, 2019. Basic eligibility for Dependent's Educational Assistance (DEA) is also granted effective that date. The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for a bilateral wrist disability secondary to hepatitis C, a rating in excess of 20 percent for hepatitis C, and TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to pre-decisional failure of the duty to assist based on an inadequate examination. The Veteran's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, including PTSD or depressive disorder or mood disorder with depressive features, is now pending and will be reconsidered.
- Granted
The Veteran's mood disorder has been rated at 70 percent since the initial grant of service connection, reflecting significant occupational and social impairment.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education and occupational experience.
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