The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for other specified depressive disorder since August 31, 2016 was granted. The claim for a higher rating prior to that date is also granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise as to whether from November 27, 2012, to August 30, 2016, other specified depressive disorder was manifested by occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks due to symptoms of depressed mood, anxiety, and chronic sleep impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Other Specified Depressive Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 6, 2017
- Citation
- 1756181
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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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