The Veteran's claim for service connection for unspecified depressive disorder is granted, effective July 5, 2018.,Service connection for sleep apnea is denied.,A rating in excess of 60 percent for prostate cancer residuals with voiding dysfunction is denied.,An initial rating in excess of 50 percent for unspecified depressive disorder is denied.,TDIU beginning July 5, 2018, is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for service connection for unspecified depressive disorder was previously denied due to lack of a timely notice of disagreement. The effective date of the grant of service connection is set at July 5, 2018.,There is no evidence of sleep apnea in the record.,The Veteran does not meet the criteria for a higher rating based on voiding dysfunction or renal dysfunction due to prostate cancer.,The Veteran's symptoms do not warrant a 70 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 9435, as they do not include deficiencies in most areas of occupational and social functioning.,The Veteran meets the schedular criteria for TDIU beginning July 5, 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified depressive disorder, prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 12, 2020
- Citation
- 20040284
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