An initial rating of 50 percent for service-connected depressive disorder with insomnia is granted from May 14, 2003 to October 2, 2017.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's occupational and social impairment was reduced due to his psychiatric condition but not severe enough to warrant a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive disorder with insomnia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 7, 2018
- Citation
- 18148609
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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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