The Veteran is entitled to a TDIU based on her service-connected acquired psychiatric disability since May 15, 2001. However, she has been able to maintain substantially gainful employment since June 30, 2015.
The deciding factor: Since June 30, 2015, the Veteran's symptoms have not prevented her from securing and following substantially gainful employment due to her service-connected acquired psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood recurrent, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- July 24, 2017
- Citation
- 1728982
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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.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for a lumbar spine disability, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis, and fatty liver as they were untimely filed. The appeal for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is pending under the Hearing docket.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a hysterectomy as secondary to PCOS but granted a 10 percent disability rating for the Veteran's polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) because it was manifested by symptoms that required continuous treatment and were controlled by such treatment.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 10 percent for polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) based on the evidence showing continuous treatment.
- Denied
The Board denied readjudication of the claim for service connection for polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) as new and relevant evidence has not been presented.
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