The Veteran's major depressive disorder with anxious distress is rated at 70 percent since July 16, 2015.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows symptoms of depression including suicidal ideation, intermittent inability to perform activities of daily living, near-continuous depression affecting the ability to function independently, disturbances of mood and motivation, irritability and anger, inability to establish and maintain effective relationships, problems concentrating, and memory problems, which together create occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Claimed conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder with Anxious Distress
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- December 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19195023
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