The Veteran's service-connected depression associated with epiphysiodesis of the left femur is granted a 70 percent rating from June 17, 2014. The claim for more than a 70 percent rating for psychiatric disability prior to that date is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows intermittent passive suicidal ideation and attention/concentration problems starting in June 2014, which caused occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas of functioning from that point onward. There was no indication of such symptoms or pathology before June 17, 2014.
- Claimed conditions
- depression, epiphysiodesis of the left femur
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- November 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19184159
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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