The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for major depressive disorder is granted, effective June 26, 2006.
The deciding factor: Major depressive disorder has been manifested by depression, anxiety, loss of interest, anhedonia, occasional flashbacks, hopelessness, feelings of guilt, impaired concentration, occasional panic attacks, irritability, impaired affect, social isolation, fatigue, impaired sleep, occasional nightmares and intrusive thoughts, mildly impaired memory, lack of motivation, a hyperstartle response, and impaired appetite.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, lumbar radiculopathy of the right and left legs, major depressive disorder, degenerative arthritis of the right and left hips, degenerative arthritis of the right and left knees, post-operative pilonidal cyst, post-operative hallux valgus of the right and left feet, scars of the right and left feet
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 15, 2018
- Citation
- 1809895
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What this means for you
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