The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for her acquired psychiatric disorder, which includes anxiety disorder and depressive disorder, is granted effective March 29, 2012. The effective date prior to this decision remains denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran’s acquired psychiatric disorder has caused occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas since the grant of service connection on March 29, 2012.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, trauma and stressor related disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19127697
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.
- Granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 50 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, characterized as depressive disorder, effective May 1, 2017.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for depression, PTSD, and an anxiety disorder due to the lack of a current diagnosis.
- Partly granted
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for anxiety disorder and denied service connection for hearing loss. The claims for service connection for GERD, right ankle limitations, and sinusitis were remanded for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board dismissed the appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability (TDIU) and remanded several issues related to increased ratings for various disabilities.
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