The Board granted service connection for depressive disorder, NOS (claimed as depression with history of gastrointestinal reaction) and assigned a 50% disability rating effective February 16, 1993. The decision also granted a TDIU effective October 17, 2001.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's attorney successfully reopened the claim for service connection for depressive disorder, NOS (claimed as depression with history of gastrointestinal reaction) and achieved favorable results in the form of a grant of service connection and an increased disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- psychophysiological gastrointestinal reaction, depressive disorder, NOS
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- July 21, 2015
- Citation
- 1531080
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What this means for you
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