The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability is rated at 70 percent, effective March 5, 2018. The left thumb fracture remains rated at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s psychiatric symptoms have resulted in occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity since March 5, 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- Major depressive disorder, Generalized anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19100773
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, currently diagnosed as other specified trauma and stressor related disorder and major depressive disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating higher than 70 percent for the Veteran's psychiatric disorder, finding that his symptoms did not more closely approximate total occupational and social impairment.
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