The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected psychiatric disability was denied. The Board also found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to June 10, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms were not shown to be productive of total occupational and social impairment as required by the rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Depression with anxiety, Residuals of fractured right fifth metatarsal
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 22, 2017
- Citation
- 1708888
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- Granted
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