The Veteran's MDD is rated at 50 percent, effective September 24, 2014. The Veteran's left knee disability prior to March 5, 2013, is rated at 10 percent. A TDIU rating is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a 50% rating for MDD and a 10% rating for the pre-2013 limitation of flexion in the left knee due to degenerative joint disease.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)"}, {"condition_name":"Degenerative Joint Disease of the Left Knee"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19189687
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