The Veteran's persistent depressive disorder has been granted a 70% rating from August 6, 2013 and continuing thereafter. The Board also granted the Veteran a TDIU due to service-connected disorders.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas such as work, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood, which approximated the criteria for a 70% rating for persistent depressive disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- persistent depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19165243
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What this means for you
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