The Veteran's service-connected depressive disorder with anxious distress is granted an initial 70 percent evaluation, effective February 27, 2017. The issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) has been added to the appeal and remanded for further action.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's depressive disorder with anxious distress was found to approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, warranting a 70 percent evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive disorder with anxious distress
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19105731
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
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- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of April 17, 2022 for the award of a 50 percent rating for depressive disorder with anxious distress.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected depressive disorder with anxious distress and cannabis use disorder prevented him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment, granting a TDIU effective September 11, 2020.
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