The Veteran's service-connected depression with anxiety disability, rated at 70 percent disabling, renders him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. Therefore, the Board has granted entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The Veteran consistently reported difficulty in maintaining professional relationships and handling stress due to his psychiatric disabilities, which precluded him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- Depression with anxiety
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 29, 2018
- Citation
- 18130369
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