The Veteran's depression has been productive of functional impairment comparable to occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity throughout the rating period. The Board finds that a 50 percent disability rating is warranted for depressive disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows significant symptoms consistent with moderate impairment in social interaction, including marked impairment in ability to work in cooperation with or proximity to others without being distracted by them, and marked impairment of ability to respond appropriately to changes in a work setting. These findings are indicative of occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive Disorder, not otherwise specified (NOS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- December 30, 2016
- Citation
- 1648546
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