The Veteran's anxiety disorder with depressive disorder is rated at 70 percent from October 12, 2011 until March 17, 2014. The issues of service connection for right hand and second finger disorders, left hand disorder, and left ankle disorder are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms have resulted in significant impairment, including occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety disorder with depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19194913
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,548 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death and entitlement to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1318, finding that the evidence did not support a conclusion that any of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities contributed substantially or materially to his death.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder with depressive disorder is rated at 100 percent disabling, and his other service-connected disabilities do not render him unemployable. Therefore, the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is denied.
- Granted
The Veteran's anxiety disorder with depressive disorder is rated at 70 percent for the period prior to January 13, 2017. For the period starting January 13, 2017, a higher rating of in excess of 70 percent is denied.
- Denied
The Veteran's anxiety disorder with depressive disorder is rated at 50 percent, but does not meet the criteria for a higher rating. The appeal for an increased rating and TDIU is denied.
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