An effective date of August 31, 2004 for the grant of service connection for lumbosacral strain is granted. A rating in excess of 50 percent for major depressive disorder is denied. Compensation for total disability based individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities beginning October 29, 2012, is granted. New and material evidence having been received, the petition to reopen the claim of service connection for PTSD is granted. New and material evidence having not been received, the petition to reopen the claim of service connection for G6PD is denied. Service connection for hyperlipidemia is denied. Service connection for PTSD is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's major depressive disorder manifests most closely to the criteria for a 50 percent rating due to occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity but not deficiencies in most areas, such as work, family relations, judgment, thinking, and mood.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain, bilateral knee postoperative scars, major depressive disorder, hyperlipidemia, PTSD, G6PD
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20066590
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to ensure a proper examination and etiology opinion are provided.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD, generalized anxiety disorder, and somatic symptom disorder, as well as presumptive service connection for basal cell carcinoma under the PACT Act. Service connection was denied for chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, right restless leg syndrome, left restless leg syndrome, an increased rating for psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, a left forehead surgical scar, and allergic rhinitis.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain, finding that the Veteran's low back injury occurred during a period of active duty for training (ADT) and continued therefrom.
- Dismissed
The claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for major depressive disorder is dismissed as moot because the earliest effective date was granted during the pendency of this appeal.
We are not the VA. Veterans’ Rights is an independent resource built for veterans. We are not the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, not part of the government, and not endorsed by any government agency.
This is general information, not legal advice. For advice about your own situation, talk to a VA-accredited representative — many help for free.