The Veteran was granted a 70% rating for MDD, effective from the date of decision. A TDIU rating was granted from August 25, 2011 forward.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's PTSD symptoms most nearly approximated occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas such as work, school, family, relations, judgment, thinking, or mood.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Asbestosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 4, 2018
- Citation
- 18140454
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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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